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The Blithedale Romance [MP3 CD] [Jan 01, 2017] Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804 - 1864) Unknown - 2017

by Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804 - 1864)


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A superb depiction of a utopian community that cannot survive the individual passions of its members. In language that is suggestive and often erotic, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a tale of failed possibilities and multiple personal betrayals as he explores the contrasts between what his characters espouse and what they actually experience in an 'ideal' community. A theme of unrealized sexual possibilities serves as a counterpoint to the other failures at Blithedale: class and sex distinctions are not eradicated, and communal work on the farm proves personally unrewarding and economically disastrous. Based in part on Hawthorne's own experiences at Brook Farm, an experimental socialist community, The Blithedale Romance is especially timely in light of renewed interest in self-sufficient and other cooperative societies.


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Ticknor, Reed and Fields published a First Printing, First Edition in Coston, 1852. The hardcover is bound in brown cloth, blind stamped boards, and gilt lettering on the spine.


Chapman and Hall published a First Edition in London, 1852. The hardcover is bound in brown cloth, stamped blind and lettered in gilt. 


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  • Title The Blithedale Romance [MP3 CD] [Jan 01, 2017] Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804 - 1864)
  • Author Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804 - 1864)
  • Binding unknown
  • Publisher IDB Productions
  • Date 2017-01
  • ISBN 9781776740901
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The Blithedale Romance [MP3 CD] [Jan 01, 2017] Nathaniel HAWTHORNE (1804 - 1864)

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IDB Productions, 2017-01-01. MP3 CD. New. The Blithedale Romance is set mostly in the utopian society of Blithedale, probably in the 1800s. The central figure of the narrative, Miles Coverdale, voyages to the furtherance of humanity through the agricultural means and society of the Blithedale Farm. It starts with a dialogue among Coverdale and Old Moodie, a fellow who recurs in the novel. The myth of the enigmatic Veiled Lady is brought in; she is a prominent psychic who ceased to exist unpublicized from the societal representation. Coverdale afterward goes to Blithedale, where he is made known to Zenobia and Mr. and Mrs. Silas Foster. During their first social event, they are interposed by the coming of Hollingsworth, a former colleague of Coverdale's, who is accompanied by a feeble, pallid little girl. But Hollingsworth assumes the little girl is an awaited invitee, no one even knows her. She quickly devotes herself to Zenobia, and divulges herself as Priscilla. </br></br>Notable… Read More
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