CONTENTS
Introduction
Note on the Text
A Chronology of Nathaniel Hawthorne
THE SCARLET LETTER
Prefaee to the Second Edition
The Custom-House—Introductory
I The Prison-Door
II The Market-Place
III The Recognition
IV The Interview
V Hester at Her Needle
VI Pearl
VII The Govemor's Hall
VIII The Elf-Child and the Minister
IX The Leech
X The Leech and His Patient
XI The Interior of a Heart
XII The Minister's Vigil
XIII Another View of Hester
XIV Hester and the Physician
XV Hester and Pearl
XVI A Forest Walk
XVII The Pastor and His Parishioner
XVIII A Flood of Sunshine
XIX The Child at the Brook-Side
XX The Minister in a Maze
XXI The New England Holiday
XXII The hassion
XXIII The Revelation of the Scarlet tetter
XXIV Conclusion
Explanatory Notes
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