The Scarlet Letter – Chapter 20
As he tries to find his true self, Arthur Dimmesdale encounters several temptations to act wickedly. Illustration: Wood engraving by Barry Moser for the Pennyroyal Press from the January 1991 edition of the Essex Institute Historical Collection, vol. 127, no. 1; originally printed in 1984 edition of The Scarlet Letter(New York: Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich, 1984) Referring to the image in the 1984 HBJ edition, Dr. Rita Gollin, author of the essay “The Scarlet Letter,” points out that “Mosler’s images play an active interpretive role in this edition, particularly this final image showing Arthur Dimmesdale with his eyes downcast and the scar of an ‘A’ clearly visible on his chest.” Courtesy of Peabody Essex Museum and hawthorneinsalem.
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