The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

When Hester Prynne bears an illegitimate child she is introduced to the ugliness, complexity, and ultimately the strength of the human spirit. Though set in Puritan community centuries ago, the moral dilemmas of personal responsibility, and consuming emotions of guilt, anger, loyalty and revenge are timeless.

 

 

 

 

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record  Preface to the Second Edition

BOSTON: TICKNOR, REED & FIELDS, 1850 NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 1999

The Custom-House The Prison-Door The Market-Place The Recognition The Interview Hester at Her Needle Pearl The Governor’s Hall The Elf-Child and the Minister The Leech The Leech and His Patient The Interior of a Heart The Minister’s Vigil Another View of Hester Hester and the Physician Hester and Pearl A Forest Walk The Pastor and His Parishioner A Flood of Sunshine The Child at the Brook-Side The Minister in a Maze The New England Holiday The Procession The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter Conclusion