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Pearl refuses to greet the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, sensing that he is now a rival for her mother's love.
Illustration: from the 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Illustration drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A.V.S. Anthony. Courtesy of hawthorneinsalem.
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In the forest, Hester Prynne and Mr. Dimmesdale plan to flee from the shame and stain of their past. Together.
Illustration: from Chapter entitled "A Flood of Sunshine" in the 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A.V.S. Anthony. Courtesy of hawthorneinsalem.
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Hester Prynne and the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale meet to discuss their past and their future.
Illustration: "Wilt thou yet forgive me?" from chapter entitled "The Pastor and His Parishoner" in The Scarlet Letter -- the 1878 edition published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Illustration drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A.V.S. Anthony. Courtesy of hawthorneinsalem.
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Posted on 26 December '07 by wgb, under Nathaniel Hawthorne. No Comments.
Edgar Guest writes about the Spirit of Christmas in At Christmas.
Edgar Albert Guest was popular in the first half of the 20th century and became known as the People’s Poet. Guest came to the United States from England in 1891. After he began at the Detroit Free Press as a copy boy and then a reporter, his first poem appeared December 11, 1898. For 40 years, Guest's sentimental, optimistic poems were widely read throughout North America. From his first published work in the Detroit Free Press until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books.
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Hester Prynne meets with Mr. Dimmesdale in the forest.
Illustration: "Pearl," from the 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Illustration drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A.V.S. Anthony. Courtesy of hawthorneinsalem.
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Posted on 19 December '07 by wgb, under Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1 Comment.
Hester Prynne questions whether she should reveal the significance of the scarlet letter to little Pearl.
Illustration: "He gathered herbs here and there" from chapter entitled "Hester and Pearl" in the 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Courtesy of hawthorneinsalem.
Posted on 17 December '07 by wgb, under Nathaniel Hawthorne. No Comments.
Hester Prynne confronts old Roger Chillingworth.
Illustration: Mandrake from chapter entitled "Hester and the Physician" in the 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A.V.S. Anthony. Courtesy of hawthorneinsalem.
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Posted on 14 December '07 by wgb, under Nathaniel Hawthorne. No Comments.
Hester Prynne, moved by the the intense misery Mr. Dimmesdale is struggling with, plans to rescue him.
Illustration: "Hester in the House of Mourning" from the 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Drawn by Mary Hallock Foote and engraved by A.V.S. Anthony. Courtesy of hawthorneinsalem.
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