The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Nathaniel Hawthorne

A beautiful woman who is punished for the mortal sin of loving a man other than her husband, a cowardly lover, a vengeful husband, a rebellious illegitimate child and the oppressive and patriarchal morality of 17th century Puritanism in Boston....

Chapters

00a – The Custom-House, Pt 1

00b – The Custom-House, Pt 2

01 – The Prison Door

02 – The Market Place

03 – The Recognition

04 – The Interview

05 – Hester at Her Needle

06 – Pearl

07 – The Governor’s Hall

08 – The Elf-Child and the Minister

09 – The Leech

10 – The Leech and his Patient

11 – The Interior of a Heart

12 – The Minister’s Vigil

13 – Another view of Hester

14 – Hester and the Physician

15 – Hester and Pearl

16 – A Forest Walk

17 – The Pastor and his Parishioner

18 – A Flood of Sunshine

19 – The Child at the Brook-Side

20 – The Minister in a Maze

21 – The New England Holiday

22 – The Procession

23 – The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter

24 – Conclusion