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Introduction
Note on the Text
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A Chronology of Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter
Preface to the Second Edition
The Custom-House—Introductory
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 Brook-side
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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