CONTENTS.

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 The Custom House.—Introductory1
THE SCARLET LETTER.
I.The Prison-Door51
II.The Market-Place54
III.The Recognition68
IV.The Interview80
V.Hester at her Needle90
VI.Pearl104
VII.The Governor’s Hall118
VIII.The Elf-Child and the Minister129
IX.The Leech142
X.The Leech and his Patient155
XI.The Interior of a Heart168
XII.The Minister’s Vigil177
XIII.Another View of Hester193
[vi]XIV.Hester and the Physician204
XV.Hester and Pearl212
XVI.A Forest Walk223
XVII.The Pastor and his Parishioner231
XVIII.A Flood of Sunshine245
XIX.The Child at the Brook-side253
XX.The Minister in a Maze264
XXI.The New England Holiday277
XXII.The Procession288
XXIII.The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter302
XXIV.Conclusion315