經典就是，時間走了，它留下了。TA在那個時間那個空間寫，你在這個時間這個空間讀。依然懂。先讀這十本吧。為你撰了篇文，好知道TA的那個時間那個空間。為你寫了段話，好知道那一章天晴了還是雨停了。為你錄了段音，好在地鐵上閉目也能聽。《紅字》以17世紀中葉的新英格蘭為背景，通過對三個主要人物的思想矛盾和生活悲劇的描寫，描繪了當時社會的真實圖景。故事的敘述者、薩萊姆海關稽查長在翻閱舊檔案時，無意間發現了一個褪了色的絲繡“A”和一卷髒舊的文稿，從而得以窺見記載在文稿中的這則陰郁而動人的故事。

THE CUSTOM HOUSE——INTRODUCTORY
I THE PRISON-DOOR
II THE MARKET-PLACE
III THE RECOGNITION
IV THE INTERVIEW
V HESTER AT HER NEEDLE
VI PEARL
VII THE GOVERNOR'S HALL
VIII THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
IX THE LEECH
X THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT
XI THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
XII THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
XIII ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
XIV HESTER AND THE PHYSICIAN
XV HESTER AND PEARL
XVI A FOREST WALK
XVII THE PASTOR AND HIS PARISHIONER
XVIII A FLOOD OF SUNSHINE
XIX THE CHILD ATTHE BROOK-SIDE
XX THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
XXI THE NEW ENGLAND HOLIDAY
XXII THE PROCESSION
XXIII THE REVELATION
XXIV CONCLUSION

《紅字》：
Now it was that the lucubrations of my ancient predecessor， ML Surveyor Pue，came into play.Rusty through long idleness， some little space was requisite before my intellectual machinery could be brought to work upon the tale，with an effect in any degree satisfactory.Even yet，though my thoughts were ultimately much absorbed in the task，it wears，to my eye，a stern and sombre aspect；too much ungladdened by genial sunshine；too little revealed by the tender and familiar influences which soften almost every scene of nature and real 1ire，and，undoubtedly，should SClften every picture of them.This uncaptivating effect is perhaps due to the period of hardly accomplished revolution，and still seething turmoil，in which the story shaped itsel～It is no indication，however，of a lack of cheerfulness in the writer's mind；for he was happier，while straying through the gloom of these sunless fantasies，than at any time since he had quitted the 0ld Manse.Some of the briefer articles，which contribute to make up the volume，have likewise been written since my involuntary withdrawal from the toils and honors of public life，and the remainder are gleaned （收集）from annums and magazines，of such antique date that they have gone round the circle，and come back to novelty again.
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