There could not be a more perfect work of the American imagination than The Scarlet Letter.
D. H. Lawrence
It is beautiful, admirable, extraordinary; it has in the highest degree that merit which I have spoken of as the mark of Hawthornes best thingsan indefinable purity and lightness of conception...One can often return to it; it supports familiarity and has the inexhaustible charm and mystery of great works of art.
Henry James
There could not be a more perfect work of the American imagination than The Scarlet Letter.
D. H. Lawrence
It is beautiful, admirable, extraordinary; it has in the highest degree that merit which I have spoken of as the mark of Hawthornes best thingsan indefinable purity and lightness of conception...One can often return to it; it supports familiarity and has the inexhaustible charm and mystery of great works of art.
Henry James
The Scarlet Letteris a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850, and was an instant best-seller. It is also one of the first mass-produced books in America.
Set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. The book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
The Scarlet Letterwas one of the first mass-produced books in America. It was popular when first published and is considered a classic work today. It inspired numerous film, television, and stage adaptations. Critics have described it as a masterwork and novelist D. H. Lawrence called it a perfect work of the American imagination.
INTRODUCTORY 1
Chapter 1THE PRISON-DOOR 43
Chapter 2THE MARKET-PLACE 45
Chapter 3THE RECOGNITION 55
Chapter 4THE INTERVIEW 65
Chapter 5HESTER AT HER NEEDLE 72
Chapter 6PEARL 82
Chapter 7THE GOVERNORS HALL 92
Chapter 8THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER 99
Chapter 9THE LEECH 108
Chapter 10THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENTS 119
Chapter 11THE INTERIOR OF A HEART 129
Chapter 12THE MINISTERS VIGIL 137
Chapter 13ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER 148
Chapter 14HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN 157
Chapter 15HESTER AND PEARL 164
Chapter 16A FOREST WALK 172
Chapter 17THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER 179
Chapter 18A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE 189
Chapter 19THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE 196
Chapter 20THE MINISTER IN A MAZE 203
Chapter 21THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY 214
Chapter 22THE PROCESSION 224
Chapter 23THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER 235
Chapter 24THE CONCLUSION 244
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