红字:THE SCARLET LETTER(英文朗读版) 本书特色

There could not be a more perfect work of the American imagination than The Scarlet Letter.
— D. H. Lawrence

“It is beautiful, admirable, extraordinary; it has in the highest degree that merit which I have spoken of as the mark of Hawthorne’s best things—an indefinable purity and lightness of conception...One can often return to it; it supports familiarity and has the inexhaustible charm and mystery of great works of art.”
— Henry James
There could not be a more perfect work of the American imagination than The Scarlet Letter. — D. H. Lawrence “It is beautiful, admirable, extraordinary; it has in the highest degree that merit which I have spoken of as the mark of Hawthorne’s best things—an indefinable purity and lightness of conception...One can often return to it; it supports familiarity and has the inexhaustible charm and mystery of great works of art.” — Henry James The Scarlet Letter is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850, and was an instant best-seller. It is also one of the first mass-produced books in America. Set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. The book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in America. It was popular when first published and is considered a classic work today. It inspired numerous film, television, and stage adaptations. Critics have described it as a masterwork and novelist D. H. Lawrence called it a “perfect work of the American imagination”.

红字:THE SCARLET LETTER(英文朗读版) 内容简介

There could not be a more perfect work of the American imagination than The Scarlet Letter.— D. H. Lawrence “It is beautiful, admirable, extraordinary; it has in the highest degree that merit which I have spoken of as the mark of Hawthorne’s best things—an indefinable purity and lightness of conception...One can often return to it; it supports familiarity and has the inexhaustible charm and mystery of great works of art.”— Henry JamesThe Scarlet Letter is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1850, and was an instant best-seller. It is also one of the first mass-produced books in America.Set in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony during the years 1642 to 1649, the novel tells the story of Hester Prynne who conceives a daughter through an affair and then struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. The book explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.The Scarlet Letter was one of the first mass-produced books in America. It was popular when first published and is considered a classic work today. It inspired numerous film, television, and stage adaptations. Critics have described it as a masterwork and novelist D. H. Lawrence called it a “perfect work of the American imagination”.

红字:THE SCARLET LETTER(英文朗读版) 目录

INTRODUCTORY /1 Chapter 1 THE PRISON-DOOR /43 Chapter 2 THE MARKET-PLACE /45 Chapter 3 THE RECOGNITION /55 Chapter 4 THE INTERVIEW /65 Chapter 5 HESTER AT HER NEEDLE /72 Chapter 6 PEARL /82 Chapter 7 THE GOVERNOR’S HALL /92 Chapter 8 THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER /99 Chapter 9 THE LEECH /108 Chapter 10 THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENTS /119 Chapter 11 THE INTERIOR OF A HEART /129 Chapter 12 THE MINISTER’S VIGIL /137 Chapter 13 ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER /148 Chapter 14 HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN /157 Chapter 15 HESTER AND PEARL /164 Chapter 16 A FOREST WALK /172 Chapter 17 THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER /179 Chapter 18 A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE /189 Chapter 19 THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE /196 Chapter 20 THE MINISTER IN A MAZE /203 Chapter 21 THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY /214 Chapter 22 THE PROCESSION /224 Chapter 23 THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER /235 Chapter 24 THE CONCLUSION /244

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