Scarlet Letter (version 2)
Chapter 1 of 27 00a - The Custom-House—Introductory to 'The Scarlet Letter'
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- Running time
- 9 h 25 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- Cori Samuel
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About this recording
This book tells the story of Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a child while her husband is missing at sea. The Puritan Elders of the New England settlement of Boston, where she lives, condemn her to wear a scarlet letter A to signify her adultery. She refuses to name her lover, and he too keeps his silence, but with a terrible cost.
The tale is prefaced with an account of the Salem Custom-house where Nathaniel Hawthorne was working when he began writing The Scarlet Letter. Summary by Cori Samuel
