The Scarlet Letter - Chapter 24

The Conclusion: "On a field, Sable; the letter A, Gules*." (*Gules is the color red in heraldry.) Illustration: "Hester's Return" from the 1878 edition of The Scarlet Letter published by Charles R. Osgood & Co. in Boston. Courtesy of hawthorneinsalem.org If you liked listening to it, please digg it: digg_url = \'http://digg.com/podcasts/Great_Books_A_Free_Podcast_of_Masterpieces_from_the_World_of_Literature_and_Poetry\'; Next: The War of the [...]

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The Scarlet Letter - Chapter 20

  As he tries to find his true self, Arthur Dimmesdale encounters several temptations to act wickedly. Illustration: Wood engraving by Barry Moser for the Pennyroyal Press from the January 1991 edition of the Essex Institute Historical Collection, vol. 127, no. 1; originally printed in 1984 edition of The Scarlet Letter(New York: Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich, 1984) [...]

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The Scarlet Letter - Chapter 6

Hester Prynne names her baby Pearl and watches her grow into a beautiful but elfish child. Illustration: "Hester and her baby 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.org If you [...]

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