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