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... Hester Prynne , a young wife , mar- ried against her choice to a man much older than herself . Hester had been sent over to New Eng- land by her husband , some years before he himself crossed . The offspring of this guilty love is a ...
... Hester Prynne , a young wife , mar- ried against her choice to a man much older than herself . Hester had been sent over to New Eng- land by her husband , some years before he himself crossed . The offspring of this guilty love is a ...
Page 269
... Hester Prynne on that dreadful day . That night he visited Hester in the prison , and extorted from her the promise that she would never maké known to any in the settlement that he is her husband . The minister goes about his work ; he ...
... Hester Prynne on that dreadful day . That night he visited Hester in the prison , and extorted from her the promise that she would never maké known to any in the settlement that he is her husband . The minister goes about his work ; he ...
Page 270
... Hester Prynne . Had he been a worse man , he might have tired his conscience out ; but being what he was , the pun- ishment was more than he could bear . Arthur Dimmesdale said with the Psalmist of old : " When I kept silence , my bones ...
... Hester Prynne . Had he been a worse man , he might have tired his conscience out ; but being what he was , the pun- ishment was more than he could bear . Arthur Dimmesdale said with the Psalmist of old : " When I kept silence , my bones ...
Page 271
... Hester Prynne lived with her child in a cottage by the beach , almost entirely cut off from intercourse with the community . Her lot was brighter than that of the minister . She took hold on life where she could . When allowed to do so ...
... Hester Prynne lived with her child in a cottage by the beach , almost entirely cut off from intercourse with the community . Her lot was brighter than that of the minister . She took hold on life where she could . When allowed to do so ...
Page 277
... Hester Prynne . They determined to depart together for some unknown shore where the shame of their past would be unknown , and Roger Chillingworth shaken off . This plan of running away from confession , and perpetuating an unlawful ...
... Hester Prynne . They determined to depart together for some unknown shore where the shame of their past would be unknown , and Roger Chillingworth shaken off . This plan of running away from confession , and perpetuating an unlawful ...
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