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The scarlet letter : a romance

Title
The scarlet letter : a romance / by Nathaniel Hawthorne ; introduction by John C. Gerber.
Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Publication
New York : Modern Library, ©1950.

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Additional Authors
Gerber, John C.
Description
xxxiv, 300 pages; 19 cm.
Summary
Classic tale of Puritan Boston and of Hester Prynne; her lover, Arthur Dimmesdale, the young minister; their child Pearl; and her husband, Roger Chillingsworth.
Series Statement
  • The modern library of the world's best books
  • Modern Library college editions ; T21
Uniform Title
  • Modern Library college editions ; T21.
  • Modern library of the world's best books
Subject
  • 1600-1775
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction
  • Illegitimate children > Fiction
  • Women immigrants > Fiction
  • Married women > Fiction
  • Puritans > Fiction
  • Adultery > Fiction
  • Revenge > Fiction
  • Clergy > Fiction
  • Adultery
  • Clergy
  • Illegitimate children
  • Married women
  • Puritans
  • Revenge
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
  • Women immigrants
  • Romance Norte Americano
  • Boston (Mass.) > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Fiction
  • Massachusetts > Boston
Genre/Form
  • Psychological fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • History.
  • Historical fiction.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxiii-xxxiv).
Contents
The custom-house : introductory -- 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.
LCCN
50012245
OCLC
  • ocm01718966
  • 1718966
  • SCSB-9042742
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library