The Scarlet Letter

The story begins in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, then a Puritan settlement. A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter, Pearl, in her arms and the scarlet letter “A” on her breast. The scarlet letter "A" represents the act of adultery that she has committed; it is to be a symbol of her sin for all to see. She will not reveal her lover’s identity, however, and the scarlet letter, along with her public shaming, is her punishment for her sin and her secrecy. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia) (9 hr 10 min)

Chapters

Introductory: The Custom-House, Part 1	51:22	Read by hefyd
Introductory: The Custom-House, Part 2	46:47	Read by hefyd
The Prison-Door	3:13	Read by librarianite
The Market-Place	20:30	Read by librarianite
The Recognition	21:26	Read by Ana Simão
The Interview	16:55	Read by Ana Simão
Hester at her Needle	21:16	Read by Rebecca P.
Pearl	22:31	Read by Dianne
The Governor's Hall	16:13	Read by Dianne
The Elf-Child and the Minister	18:33	Read by George Pilling
The Leech	22:08	Read by George Pilling
The Leech and his Patient	23:08	Read by hefyd
The Interior of a Heart	17:33	Read by hefyd
The Minister's Vigil	25:53	Read by hefyd
Another View of Hester	20:13	Read by hefyd
Hester and the Physician	15:08	Read by hefyd
Hester and Pearl	15:30	Read by hefyd
A Forest Walk	14:18	Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Pastor and his Parishioner	26:41	Read by Christina Boyles
A Flood of Sunshine	14:03	Read by rachelellen
The Child at the Brook-Side	16:29	Read by JemmaBlythe
The Minister in a Maze	21:08	Read by Alex Patterson
The New England Holiday	19:01	Read by Laurie Anne Walden
The Procession	29:14	Read by Christina Boyles
The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter	16:42	Read by Christie Nowak
Conclusion	14:44	Read by JemmaBlythe

Reviews

(0.5 stars)

Mitchell WALLACE

This is why there should only be one reader allowed per book, even if there is five didn't recordings of the same book. Then the reader can choose his or her favorite reader for that story. Arg.

Come on Librivox!

(1 stars)

Cody Ryan

Pull your socks up and replace the inadequate (and often just sheer ridiculous) readings. We know its a free servuce but thee's no need to allow for the verbal bludgeoning of the world"s literary masterpieces. Remove badly performed work and provide us with ,at t he very least, that which is coherent and not an affront to the ear!

horrible reading

(0.5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

ugh. what a huge letdown. the first reader was wonderful but it is a crushing disappointment to listen to the second reader butcher the English language and distracting to hear the third reader's heavy accent. I had to buy it to hear it

great book, lousy reading

(1 stars)

sully

This is an amazing book, and deserves better treatment. Some readers were great, but some were totally incomprehensible. please.... one reader to a story.

A hodgepodge of terrible readings

(0.5 stars)

A LibriVox Listener

I get that it's free. I get that English is a second or third language for some. What I fail to grasp is how someone can be published unintelligibly, or how one can sputter and trip over so many words, and be too lazy to go back and fix their damage. Some readers were great, but unfortunately lose their value to horrible coreaders.

(1 stars)

Andy H

this is not the platform for practicing your 2nd language. honestly I think it's an insult to the author. I'm certain these legendary authors deserve the best narration. I wouldnt complain if I wasn't listening to an English version.the 3rd reader is impossible to understand.