Life and Background of the Author.

Introduction to the Novel.

Critical Commentaries.

The Custom House.

Chapter 1: The Prison-Door.

Chapter 2: The Market-Place.

Chapter 3: The Recognition.

Chapter 4: The Interview.

Chapter 5: Hester at Her Needle.

Chapter 6: Pearl.

Chapter 7: The Governor's Hall.

Chapter 8: The Elf-Child and the Minister.

Chapter 9: The Leech.

Chapter 10: The Leech and His Patient.

Chapter 11: The Interior of a Heart.

Chapter 12: The Minister's Vigil.

Chapter 13: Another View of Hester.

Chapter 14: Hester and the Physician.

Chapter 15: Hester and Pearl.

Chapter 16: A Forest Walk.

Chapter 17: The Pastor and His Parishioner.

Chapter 18: A Flood of Sunshine.

Chapter 19: The Child at the Brook-Side.

Chapter 20: The Minister in a Maze.

Chapter 21: The New England Holiday.

Chapter 22: The Procession.

Chapter 23: The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter.

Chapter 24: Conclusion.

Character Analyses.

Critical Essays.

CliffsNotes Review.

CliffsNotes Resource Center.

Index.