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The scarlet letter
Format:
Book
Title:
The scarlet letter
ISBN:
9780895771841
Publication Information:
Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, ©1984.
Physical Description:
221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Series title(s):
General Note:
Originally published in 1850.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
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