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1、TheScarletLetterbyNathanialHawthorneHisdismissalfreedhimtowriteTheScarletLetter《紅字》,whichwaspublishedin1850andbroughthimgreatfameaswellaslargefortuneenoughtomakehimfinanciallycomfortable.Inthesameyear,hemovedtoLenoxforatemporaryresidencewhereheformedfriendshipwithhis"not-too-distantneighbor",H
2、ermanMelville,whowaswritingMobyDick《白鯨》andlaterdedicatedthisbooktoHawthorne.[6]TheScarletLetterlaunchedHawthorne'screationandsuccess(帶動(dòng)了創(chuàng)作和成功).Thefollowingyearssawhisseriesoffamousworkscomeoutoneontheheelsofanother:TheHouseoftheSevenGables《帶有七個(gè)尖角閣的房子》,TheBlithedaleRomance《福谷傳奇》andaWonder-Book《
3、一本奇妙的書》andTheTanglewoodTales《叢林故事》.HislastcompletenovelTheMarbleFaun《玉石雕像》waspublishedin1860.BRIEFSUMMARYOFTHESCARLETLETTERHestePrynnehasshockedthePuritansofBostonbycommittingadultery.Twoyearsbeforetheopeningofthestory,shewassenttoAmericaalonebyherhusbandtoawaithiscoming.Asfarastheworldknows,H
4、ester'shusband,Dr.Prynne(anelderlyscientist),hasdisappeared.AllofBostonisanxiousforHestertotellthenameofhersecretlover,thefatherofherchildnamedPearl.Hesterleavestheprisonandwalkstothemarketplacewhereshemountsthestepofascaffold（登上絞刑臺(tái)的臺(tái)階）.Themagistrates（地方法官）havebeenmercifultoher--shehasnotbeenc
5、ondemnedtodeathforhercrimeagainstsociety.However,sheistostandonthescaffoldforseveralhourssothatthetownspeoplemayseeher,thetiny,three-month-oldbaby,andtheclothscarletletter"A"whichshewearsonherbosom.GovernorBellingham,theReverendJohnWilson,andtheReverend(神圣的)ArthurDimmesdaletrytogetHestertoname
6、herlover.Sherefuses,muchtothereliefofDimmesdale.WhileHesteristryingtoforgetthehorrorofthepresent(byrememberingthepast),sheseesafamiliarfigureontheedgeofthecrowd.This"stranger"isherhusbandDr.Prynne,whocautionsher(byplacingafingertohislips)againstrecognizinghimpublicly.Later,intheprison,Dr.Prynn
7、(underthenewlyassumednameofRogerChillingworth)comestoseeHester,anddemandstoknowthenameofHester'slover.Sherefusestotellhim.:Hethenforceshertotakeanoaththatshewillnotadmittoanyonethatheisherhusband.SoonHesterleavestheprisonandtakesupresid
