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The Custom-House.—Introductory... 1

  • I. —The Prison-Door... 55

  • II. —The Market-Place... 58

  • III. —The Recognition... 71

  • IV. —The Interview... 83

  • V. —Hester at her Needle... 92

  • VI. —Pearl... 105

  • VII. —The Governor's Hall... 118

  • VIII. —The Elf-Child and the Minister... 128

  • IX. —The Leech... 140

  • X. —The Leech and his Patient... 154

  • XI. —The Interior of a Heart... 167

  • XII. —The Minister's Vigil... 177

  • XIII. —Another View of Hester... 192

  • XIV. —Hester and the Physician... 203

  • XV. —Hester and Pearl... 212

  • XVI. —A Forest Walk... 221

  • XVII. —The Pastor and his Parishioner... 230


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  • XVIII. —A Flood of Sunshine... 243

  • XIX. —The Child at the Brook-side... 251

  • XX. —The Minister in a Maze... 261

  • XXI. —The New England Holiday... 276

  • XXII. —The Procession... 288

  • XXIII. —The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter... 302

  • XXIV. —Conclusion... 314