Scarlet Letter

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Historical Fiction

Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne In Year : 1850

Book Language: English

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Introductory: The Custom-House, Part 1
Introductory: The Custom-House, Part 2
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

The story begins in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter “A” on her breast. The scarlet letter "A" represents the act of adultery that she has committed; it is to be a symbol of her sin for all to see. She will not reveal her lover’s identity, however, and the scarlet letter, along with her public shaming, is her punishment for her sin and her secrecy. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)