CHAPTER 1 THE PRISON-DOOR 1
CHAPTER 2 THE MARKET-PLACE 3
CHAPTER 3 THE RECOGNITION 13
CHAPTER 4 THE INTERVIEW 22
CHAPTER 5 HESTER AT HER NEEDLE 29
CHAPTER 6 PEARL 39
CHAPTER 7 THE GOVERNOR'S HALL 49
CHAPTER 8 THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER 56
CHAPTER 9 THE LEECH 65
CHAPTER 10 THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT 75
CHAPTER 11 THE INTERIOR OF A HEART 85
CHAPTER 12 THE MINISTER'S VIGIL 92
CHAPTER 13 ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER 103
CHAPTER 14 HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN 111
CHAPTER 15 HESTER AND PEARL 118
CHAPTER 16 A FOREST WALK 125
CHAPTER 17 THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER 132
CHAPTER 18 A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE 142
CHAPTER 19 THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE 148
CHAPTER 20 THE MINISTER IN A MAZE 155
CHAPTER 21 THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY 166
CHAPTER 22 THE PROCESSION 175
CHAPTER 23 THE REVELATION OF THE SCARLET LETTER 186
CHAPTER 24 CONCLUSION 195