The Scarlet Letter PDF – Overview
The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850. Set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Containing a number of religious and historic allusions, the book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.
The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in the United States. It was popular when first published and is considered a classic work today. It inspired numerous film, television, and stage adaptations. Critics have described it as a masterwork, and novelist D.H.Lawrence called it a “perfect work of the American imagination”.
The Scarlet Letter
Here is the Table of The Scarlet Letter Contents
- The Life and Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Time Line of Hawthorne’s Life
- The Historical Context
- Characters
- Illustrations
- The Custom-House, Introductory
- Chapter I, The Prison-Door
- Chapter II, The Market-Place
- Chapter III, The Recognition
- Chapter IV, The Interview
- Chapter V, Hester at Her Needle
- Chapter VI, Pearl
- Chapter VII, The Governor’s Hall
- Chapter VIII, The Elf-Child and the Minister
- Chapter IX, The Leech
- Chapter X, The Leech and His Patient
- Chapter XI, The Interior of a Heart
- Chapter XII, The Minister’s Vigil
- Chapter XIII, Another View of Hester
- Chapter XIV, Hester and the Physician
- Chapter XV, Hester and Pearl
- Chapter XVI, A Forest Walk
- Chapter XVII, The Pastor and His Parishioner
- Chapter XVIII, A Flood of Sunshine
- Chapter XIX, The Child at the Brook-Side
- Chapter XX, The Minister in a Maze
- Chapter XXI, The New England Holiday
- Chapter XXII, The Procession
- Chapter XXIII, The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter
- Chapter XXIV, Conclusion
- Plot Analysis
- Creative Writing Activities
- Critical Writing Activities
- Projects
- Glossary
- Handbook of Literary Terms
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