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The Scarlet Letter
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Much to the author’s surprise, and (if he may say so without additional offence) considerably to his amusement, he finds that his sketch of official life, introductory to THE SCARLET LETTER, has created an unprecedented excitement in the respectable community immediately around him. It could hardly have been more violent, indeed, had he burned down the Custom-House, and quenched its last smoking ember in the blood of…
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- AuthorNathaniel Hawthorne
- SourceProject Gutenberg #25344
- Length83,232 words
- Chapters6
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-12
Contents
6 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01BY
- 02XXIV. CONCLUSION 315
- 03THE GOVERNOR’S BREASTPLATE 125
- 04THE VIRGINS OF THE CHURCH 172
- 05HESTER’S RETURN 320
- 06TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
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