The Scarlett Letter -- Connections: Who killed Arthur Dimmesdale? / by Perry Turner -- Lottery / by Shirley Jackson -- Puritan sonnet / by Elinor Wylie -- The woman caught in adultery -- Nor fitting for your sex / by Doreen Rappaport -- Declaration of rights and sentiment / by Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- A double standard / by Frances E.W. Harper -- Notes and an article / by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- "A" is for appalling / by Richard Alleva -- Tell-tale Heart / by Edgar Allan Poe -- The custom house / by Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Nathaniel Hawthorne biographical sketch.