Harvard Classics
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE 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 H...
THE CUSTOM-HOUSE 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
In fine, Hester Prynne resolved to meet her former husband, and do what might be in her power for the rescue of the victim on whom he had so evidently set his gripe. The occasio...
15. Part 15“Silly Pearl,” said she, “what questions are these? There are many things in this world that a child must not ask about. What know I of the minister’s heart? And as for the scar...
16. Part 16“I might have known it,” murmured he—“I did know it! Was not the secret told me, in the natural recoil of my heart at the first sight of him, and as often as I have seen him sin...
6. Part 6It has already been noticed that directly over the platform on which Hester Prynne stood was a kind of balcony, or open gallery, appended to the meeting-house. It was the place...
9. Part 9Pearl, looking at this bright wonder of a house began to caper and dance, and imperatively required that the whole breadth of sunshine should be stripped off its front, and give...
5. Part 5“Goodwives,” said a hard-featured dame of fifty, “I’ll tell ye a piece of my mind. It would be greatly for the public behoof if we women, being of mature age and church-members...
4. Part 4But, for myself, during the whole of my Custom-House experience, moonlight and sunshine, and the glow of firelight, were just alike in my regard; and neither of them was of one...
17. Part 17By this time Pearl had reached the margin of the brook, and stood on the further side, gazing silently at Hester and the clergyman, who still sat together on the mossy tree-trun...
13. Part 13Nothing was more common, in those days, than to interpret all meteoric appearances, and other natural phenomena that occurred with less regularity than the rise and set of sun a...
18. Part 18“Am I mad? or am I given over utterly to the fiend? Did I make a contract with him in the forest, and sign it with my blood? And does he now summon me to its fulfilment, by sugg...
3. Part 3Such were some of the people with whom I now found myself connected. I took it in good part, at the hands of Providence, that I was thrown into a position so little akin to my p...
20. Part 20With her mind harassed by the terrible perplexity in which the shipmaster’s intelligence involved her, she was also subjected to another trial. There were many people present fr...
8. Part 8This outward mutability indicated, and did not more than fairly express, the various properties of her inner life. Her nature appeared to possess depth, too, as well as variety;...
2. Part 2The greater part of my officers were Whigs. It was well for their venerable brotherhood that the new Surveyor was not a politician, and though a faithful Democrat in principle,...
11. Part 11Then after long search into the minister’s dim interior, and turning over many precious materials, in the shape of high aspirations for the welfare of his race, warm love of sou...
7. Part 7Hester Prynne’s term of confinement was now at an end. Her prison-door was thrown open, and she came forth into the sunshine, which, falling on all alike, seemed, to her sick an...
10. Part 10The affair being so satisfactorily concluded, Hester Prynne, with Pearl, departed from the house. As they descended the steps, it is averred that the lattice of a chamber-window...
12. Part 12Not improbably, it was to this latter class of men that Mr. Dimmesdale, by many of his traits of character, naturally belonged. To the high mountain peaks of faith and sanctity...
19. Part 19The latter was by far the most showy and gallant figure, so far as apparel went, anywhere to be seen among the multitude. He wore a profusion of ribbons on his garment, and gold...
1. Part 1THE CUSTOM-HOUSE 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 VII...
21. Part 21Nothing was more remarkable than the change which took place, almost immediately after Mr. Dimmesdale’s death, in the appearance and demeanour of the old man known as Roger Chil...