The Scarlet Letter

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Xist Publishing, Mar 6, 2015 - Fiction - 297 pages
A classic tale of love and morals in Puritan New England.

The Scarlet Letter is set in 1850s Puritan Boston and tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.

This book is required reading in many high school and college English courses and is an American classic by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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INTRODUCTORY THE CUSTOMHOUSE
THE PRISONDOOR
THE MARKETPLACE
THE RECOGNITION
THE INTERVIEW
HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
PEARL
THE GOVERNORS HALL
THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
THE MINISTERS VIGIL CHAPTER XIII ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
HESTER AND PEARL
A FOREST WALK
THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE

THE ELFCHILD AND THE MINISTER
THE LEECH
THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE CHAPTER XX THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
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