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The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

A woman in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony is forced to wear the shame of her sin embroidered on her clothes.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1850
Latest release
Jul 28, 2026
Pages
272
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
Read
Public page

Table of Contents

  1. Preface to the Second Edition
  2. The Custom-House
  3. I. The Prison-Door
  4. II. The Marketplace
  5. III. The Recognition
  6. IV. The Interview
  7. V. Hester at Her Needle
  8. VI. Pearl
  9. VII. The Governor’s Hall
  10. VIII. The Elf-Child and the Minister
  11. IX. The Leech
  12. X. The Leech and His Patient
  13. XI. The Interior of a Heart
  14. XII. The Minister’s Vigil
  15. XIII. Another View of Hester
  16. XIV. Hester and the Physician
  17. XV. Hester and Pearl
  18. XVI. A Forest Walk
  19. XVII. The Pastor and His Parishioner
  20. XVIII. A Flood of Sunshine
  21. XIX. The Child at the Brook-Side
  22. XX. The Minister in a Maze
  23. XXI. The New England Holiday
  24. XXII. The Procession
  25. XXIII. The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter
  26. XXIV. Conclusion