North Smithfield High School Library: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne:

The Complete text of The Scarlet Letter as well as sections on "The Life and Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne," "A Time Line of Hawthorne’s Life," "The Historical Context of The Scarlet Letter," and "Characters in The Scarlet Letter."

The Scarlet Letter complete audiobook...

• The Scarlet Letter as a Love Story
• The Scarlet Letter and Puritan Ethics
• Pearl in Hawthorne's Romance:The Scarlet Letter
• An Analysis of Symbolic Images in The Scarlet Letter
• The Inner Conflicts in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"Hester Prynne, protagonist of Nathaniel Hawthorne's masterwork The Scarlet Letter, is among the first and most important female protagonists in American literature. She's the embodiment of deep contradictions: bad and beautiful, holy and sinful, conventional and radical."

"This primary source set includes photographs, paintings, documents, maps, and items that relate both to the setting of The Scarlet Letter, the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the mid-seventeenth century, and thematic elements within the book."

            Contents:

• Introduction
• Biographical Sketch
• The Story Behind the Story
• List of Characters
• Summary and Analysis
• Critical Views
• Jamie Barlowe on “Hester-Prynne-ism”
• Patricia Crain Discusses Allegory, Adultery, and Alphabetization
• David S. Reynolds on Hawthorne’s Revision of History
• Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet Examine Hawthorne’s Dating Errors
• Monika M. Elbert Considers Hester’s A
• Shari Benstock on the Mother-Child Relationship in the Novel
• Brook Thomas on Mr. Prynne
• Laura Doyle Explores Hawthorne’s Two Histories
• Jane F. Thrailkill on the Doctor and the Minister
• Gale Temple Addresses Masculine Ambivalence in The Scarlet Letter