What happened to Pearl? Well, authorities were worried she, a product of adultery, would turn the world upside-down. Pearl did so, in her last days, in a way none of them could have dreamed. All because of a Land Bank and a man - and his cousin - who would grow to do great things. Cross with Historical Fiction in a way :-)
A rewrite of The Custom House
Chillingworth's backstory; an intriguing take on his life and death.
"Oh, if God could see you now," Roger chuckled. "Would he still open his doors for you, I wonder." Read at your own risk. Rated M for a reason. Chillingworth/Dimmesdale
Hawthorne only hinted at the sordid love affair between the young priest and the crooked-shouldered man. Within we have revealed what happened between the lines.
An essay regarding Dimmesdale's suffering.
This is what I think happened to Dimmesdale after he died.
A small story I wrote for an English class, it takes place during Hawthorne's novel but goes a little deeper into the story that Pearl talks about of the accused witch Mistress Hibbins who was said to go out into the forest and meet with the mysterious Black Man and sign her name in his black book.