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100 1 _aHawthorne, Nathaniel,
_d1804-1864
245 1 4 _aThe scarlet letter /
_cNathaniel Hawthorne ; illustrations by Robert Quackenbush ; afterword by James Guimond
300 _a221 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c24 cm
490 1 _aThe World's best reading
500 _aFirst published in 1850
505 0 _aChapter 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
520 _aSet 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
650 0 _aTriangles (Interpersonal relations)
_vFiction
650 0 _aIllegitimate children
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650 0 _aWomen immigrants
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650 0 _aMarried women
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650 0 _aPuritans
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650 0 _aAdultery
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650 0 _aRevenge
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650 0 _aClergy
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651 0 _aBoston (Mass.)
_xHistory
_yColonial period, ca. 1600-1775
_vFiction
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655 7 _aPsychological fiction.
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655 7 _aHistorical fiction.
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