Scarlet Letter (version 2)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Play
Length 9 h 25 min
Chapters 27
First published 1850
This book tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of the New England settlement of Boston, where she lives, condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A to signify her adultery. She refuses to name her lover, and he too keeps his silence, but with a terrible cost.
The tale is prefaced with an account of the Salem Custom-house where Nathaniel Hawthorne was working when he began writing The Scarlet Letter. Summary by Cori Samuel
Chapters
1
00a - The Custom-House—Introductory to 'The Scarlet Letter' Read by Cori Samuel 23:19
2
00b - The Custom-House—Continued Read by Cori Samuel 30:47
3
00c - The Custom-House—Concluded Read by Cori Samuel 47:46
4
01 - The Prison-Door Read by Cori Samuel 3:29
5
02 - The Market-Place Read by Cori Samuel 23:08
6
03 - The Recognition Read by Cori Samuel 21:24
7
04 - The Interview Read by Cori Samuel 16:03
8
05 - Hester at Her Needle Read by Cori Samuel 23:30
9
06 - Pearl Read by Cori Samuel 24:20
10
07 - The Governor's Hall Read by Cori Samuel 16:15
11
08 - The Elf-Child and the Minister Read by Cori Samuel 20:39
12
09 - The Leech Read by Cori Samuel 23:41
13
10 - The Leech and His Patient Read by Cori Samuel 23:05
14
11 - The Interior of a Heart Read by Cori Samuel 17:44
15
12 - The Minister's Vigil Read by Cori Samuel 25:31
16
13 - Another View of Hester Read by Cori Samuel 19:33
17
14 - Hester and the Physician Read by Cori Samuel 14:56
18
15 - Hester and Pearl Read by Cori Samuel 15:00
19
16 - A Forest Walk Read by Cori Samuel 13:59
20
17 - The Pastor and His Parishioner Read by Cori Samuel 23:16
21
18 - A Flood of Sunshine Read by Cori Samuel 15:08
22
19 - The Child at the Brook-side Read by Cori Samuel 16:46
23
20 - The Minister in a Maze Read by Cori Samuel 25:30
24
21 - The New England Holiday Read by Cori Samuel 20:27
25
22 - The Procession Read by Cori Samuel 24:21
26
23 - The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter Read by Cori Samuel 20:53
27
24 - Conclusion Read by Cori Samuel 14:31
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