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<text> <front> <tPage> <dTitle type=main>THE SCARLET LETTER <byLine>by <dAuthor>Nathaniel Hawthorne</dAuthor></byLine> <dImprint> THIS ELECTRONIC EDITION WAS PREPARED AT DARTMOUTH COLLEGE FROM THE EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY EDITION, 1906 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN LONDON & TORONTO: J. M. DENT & SONS LTD. NEW YORK, E. P. DUTTON & CO. </dImprint> </tPage> <div type='biographical note'> <head>EDITOR'S NOTE</head> <p>NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE was already a man of forty-six, and a tale writer of some twenty-four years' standing, when &odq;The Scarlet Letter&cdq; appeared. He was born at Salem, Mass., on July 4th, 1804, son of a sea-captain. He led there a shy and rather sombre life; of few artistic encouragements, yet not wholly uncongenial, his moody, intensely meditative temperament being considered. Its colours and shadows are marvelously reflected in his &odq;Twice-Told Tales&cdq; and other short stories, the product of his first literary period. Even . . .
