Here you will find the complete novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne in the chronological order of their original publication.- Fanshawe- The Scarlet Letter- The House of the Seven Gables- The Blithedale Romance- The Marble Faun- The Dolliver Romance- Septimius Felton- Doctor Grimshawe's Secret: A romance
An "A" for "adultery" marks Hester Prynne as an outcast from the society of colonial Boston. Although forced by the puritanical town fathers to wear a badge of shame, Hester steadfastly resists their efforts to discover the identity of her baby's father. Masterful in its symbolism and compelling in its character studies, Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of punishment and reconciliation examines the c…