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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; illustrations by Robert Quackenbush ; afterword by James Guimond - 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm - The World's best reading . - World's best reading .

First published in 1850

Chapter 1. The Prison-Door -- Chapter 2. The Market-Place -- Chapter 3. The Recognition -- Chapter 4. The Interview -- Chapter 5. Hester at Her Needle -- Chapter 6. Pearl -- Chapter 7. The Governor's Hall -- Chapter 8. The Elf-Child and the Minister -- Chapter 9. The Leech -- Chapter 10. The Leech and His Patient -- Chapter 11. The Interior of a Heart -- Chapter 12. The Minister's Vigil -- Chapter 13. Another View of Hester -- Chapter 14. Hester and the Physician -- Chapter 15. Hester and Pearl -- Chapter 16. A Forest Walk -- Chapter 17. The Pastor and His Parishioner -- Chapter 18. A Flood of Sunshine -- Chapter 19. The Child at the Brook-Side -- Chapter 20. The Minister in a Maze -- Chapter 21. The New England Holiday -- Chapter 22. The Procession -- Chapter 23. The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter -- Chapter 24. Conclusion

Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, The scarlet letter describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter "A" for adulteress embroidered on her dress

ISBN: 0895771845 9780895771841

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Triangles (Interpersonal relations)--Fiction
Illegitimate children--Fiction
Women immigrants--Fiction
Married women--Fiction
Puritans--Fiction
Adultery--Fiction
Revenge--Fiction
Clergy--Fiction

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Boston (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Psychological fiction.
Historical fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS1868.A2 / G8 1984

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.3