Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Marble Faun. Transformation: Or, the Romance of Monte Beni.
Author: Nathaniel HawthorneThe marble faun, or, The romance of Monte Beni
Author: Nathaniel HawthorneThe Marble Faun
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775454088
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
Though Nathaniel Hawthorne is best remembered as the author of the quintessential American parable The Scarlet Letter, some of the New England writer's work was much less formal and traditional than that novel. In fact, some critics regard The Marble Faun, rife with impressionistic and fantastical elements, as downright experimental by comparison. It's a fascinating read that will please fans of Lovecraft and other uncanny horror.
The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368319140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Reproduction of the original.
The Marble Faun
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin
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Languages : en
Pages : 538
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The Marble Faun, Or, the Romance of Monte Beni
Author: Nathaniel HawthorneThe Marble Faun
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
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Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni – Volume 1
Author: Натаниель ГоторнPublisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040836643
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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The Marble Faun Or the Romance of Monte Beni (Complete) : Complete with Original Illustrations
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 476
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The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known by the British title Transformation, was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was published in 1860. The Marble Faun, written on the eve of the American Civil War, is set in a fantastical Italy. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, gothic novel, and travel guide.After writing The Blithedale Romance in 1852, Hawthorne, who was then approaching fifty, was granted a political appointment as American Consul in Liverpool, England, which he held from 1853 to 1857. In 1858, Hawthorne and his wife Sophia Peabody moved the family to Italy and became tourists for a year and a half. In early 1858, Hawthorne was inspired to write his romance when he saw the Faun of Praxiteles in the Palazzo Nuovo of the Capitoline Museum in Rome.Hawthorne began the manuscript and intended to complete it at home, The Wayside, in Concord, Massachusetts. Instead, he returned to England, where he would remain until July 1860, and entirely rewrote the book. On October 10, 1859, he wrote to his American publisher James Thomas Fields that his wife enjoyed what she had read thus far and "speaks of it very rapturously. If she liked the author less, I should feel much encouraged by her liking the Romance so much. I likewise (to confess the truth) admire it exceedingly, at intervals, but am liable to cold fits, during which I think it the most infernal nonsense."[2] Sophia wrote to her sister Elizabeth Peabody that her husband's reaction was typical: "As usual, he thinks the book good for nothing... He has regularly despised each one of his books immediately upon finishing it."Hawthorne struggled with a title for his new book. He considered several, including Monte Beni; or, The Faun: A Romance, The Romance of a Faun, Marble and Life; a Romance, Marble and Man; a Romance, and St. Hilda's Shrine. The book was published simultaneously in America and England in late 1860; the title for the British edition was Transformation: Or the Romance of Monte Beni. The alternate title was chosen by the publishers and was used against Hawthorne's wishes. Both titles continue to be used today in the U.K. Encouraged to write a book long enough to fill three volumes, Hawthorne included extended descriptions that critics found distracting or boring. Complaints about the ambiguous ending led Hawthorne to add a postscript to the second edition.
The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance Of Monte Beni - Volume 1
Author: Nathaniel HawthornePublisher: Double 9 Booksllp
ISBN: 9789357275231
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The fourth and last of Nathaniel Hawthorne's four main romances is The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known in Britain as Transformation. Four primary characters-Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, and Donatello-are the focus of this relationship.Miriam is a stunning painter who has no idea about her history. She is likened to several other women throughout the book, including Eve, Beatrice Cenci, Judith, and Cleopatra. A strange, menacing figure who is Miriam's "evil genius" throughout life is after her. Hilda is a good-hearted copycat. Both the Virgin Mary and the white dove are used to compare her. Despite having a soft heart, she may become stern due to her straightforward, unbending moral ideals. Hilda and Miriam are frequently compared.Kenyon is a sculptor who embodies humanist rationalism. He treasures his romantic attachment to Hilda. The Count of Monte Beni, Donatello, is in love with Miriam and is frequently likened to Adam. The marble Faun of Praxiteles by Donatello remarkably resembles it, and the story plays on the protagonists' suspicion that the Count could be a relative of the old Faun. However, even in the novel's final chapters and postscript, Hawthorne refrains from making a firm declaration.