Possible Clues:

• Hawthorne's Prynne
• Prynne of 'The Scarlet Letter'
• Mother of Pearl, in an 1850 novel
• Prynne in 'The Scarlet Letter'
• Esther (anag.), girl's name
• Hawthorne character
• Woman in "The Scarlet Letter"
• Pearl Prynne's mother
• Mother of pearl
• Hawthorne heroine