The Scarlet Letter

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Nathaniel Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter

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INTRODUCTORY. THE CUSTOM-HOUSE. 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. THE CUSTOM-HOUSE

INTRODUCTORY TO "THE SCARLET LETTER"

THE SCARLET LETTER

I. THE PRISON DOOR

II. THE MARKET-PLACE

III. THE RECOGNITION

IV. THE INTERVIEW

V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE

VI. PEARL

VII. THE GOVERNOR'S HALL

VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER

IX. THE LEECH

X. THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT

XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART

XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL

XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER

XIV. HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN

XV. HESTER AND PEARL

XVI. A FOREST WALK

XVII. THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER

XVIII. A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE

XIX. THE CHILD AT THE BROOKSIDE

XX. THE MINISTER IN A MAZE

XXI. THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY

XXII. THE PROCESSION

XXIII. THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER

XXIV. CONCLUSION

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

Published by Good Press, 2019

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XXIV. CONCLUSION

Many characteristics—and those, too, which contribute not the least forcibly to impart resemblance in a sketch—must have vanished, or been obscured, before I met the General. All merely graceful attributes are usually the most evanescent; nor does nature adorn the human ruin with blossoms of new beauty, that have their roots and proper nutriment only in the chinks and crevices of decay, as she sows wall-flowers over the ruined fortress of Ticonderoga. Still, even in respect of grace and beauty, there were points well worth noting. A ray of humour, now and then, would make its way through the veil of dim obstruction, and glimmer pleasantly upon our faces. A trait of native elegance, seldom seen in the masculine character after childhood or early youth, was shown in the General's fondness for the sight and fragrance of flowers. An old soldier might be supposed to prize only the bloody laurel on his brow; but here was one who seemed to have a young girl's appreciation of the floral tribe.

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