The Scarlet LetterHester Prynne has committed one of the worst crimes in seventeenth-century Puritan Boston: adultery. To make matter worse, she is pregnant. As punishment, she is shamed and forced to wear a large red "A" on her chest at all times. Despite interrogations from the villagers, Hester refuses to reveal the father's identity. As raising an unruly child, dealing with her husband's thirst for revenge, and watching her lover's increasing guilt begin to take their toll, Hester must decide whether keeping her secret is worth the price. This unabridged version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic American novel is taken from the 1878 copyright edition, featuring original illustrations drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A. V. S. Anthony, as well as ornamental pieces illustrated by L. S. Ipsen. |
Contents
Introductory To The Scarlet Letter | 1 |
I The PrisonDoor | 46 |
II The MarketPlace | 49 |
III The Recognition | 61 |
IV The Interview | 72 |
V Hester At Her Needle | 80 |
VI Pearl | 92 |
VII The Governors Hall | 103 |
XIV Hester And The Physician | 177 |
XV Hester And Pearl | 184 |
XVI A Forest Walk | 193 |
XVII The Pastor And His Parishioner | 200 |
XVIII A Flood Of Sunshine | 211 |
XIX The Child At The BrookSide | 218 |
XX The Minister In A Maze | 227 |
XXI The New England Holiday | 239 |
VIII The ElfChild And The Minister | 112 |
IX The Leech | 123 |
X The Leech And His Patient | 135 |
XI The Interior Of A Heart | 146 |
XII The Ministers Vigil | 154 |
XIII Another View Of Hester | 167 |
XXII The Procession | 249 |
XXIII The Revelation Of The Scarlet Letter | 261 |
XXIV Conclusion | 272 |
Back Cover | 282 |
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