Ebook: The Scarlet Letter

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 E. 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 evaluates masculine ambivalence in The scarlet letter.