The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne ; illustrations by Robert Quackenbush ; afterword by James Guimond
Material type: TextSeries: World's best readingDescription: 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmISBN: 0895771845; 9780895771841Subject(s): Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction | Illegitimate children -- Fiction | Women immigrants -- Fiction | Married women -- Fiction | Puritans -- Fiction | Adultery -- Fiction | Revenge -- Fiction | Clergy -- Fiction | Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- FictionGenre/Form: Psychological fiction. | Historical fiction.DDC classification: 813/.3 LOC classification: PS1868.A2 | G8 1984Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/HAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500070987 |
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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
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