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Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Marble Faun

Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Marble Faun

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The Marble Faun is Hawthorne's most unusual romance. Writing on the eve of the American Civil War, Hawthorne set his story in a fantastical Italy. The romance mixes elements of a fable, pastoral, Gothic novel, and travel guide. In the spring of 1858, Hawthorne was inspired to write his romance when he saw the Faun of Praxiteles in a Roman sculpture gallery. The theme, characteristic of Hawthorne, is guilt and the Fall of Man. The four main characters are Miriam, a beautiful painter who is compared to Eve, Beatrice Cenci, Lady Macbeth, Judith, and Cleopatra, and is being pursued by a mysterious, threatening Model; Hilda, an innocent copyist who is compared to the Virgin Mary; Kenyon, a sculptor, who represents rationalist humanism; and Donatello, the Count of Monti Beni, who is compared to Adam, resembles the Faun of Praxiteles, and is probably only half human. (Summary by Wikipedia)Copyright Audiobooks by Librivox Arte
  • 31 - Chapter XXXI: THE MARBLE SALOON
    20 min
  • 49 - Chapter XLIX: A FROLIC OF THE CARNIVAL
    24 min
  • 37 - Chapter XXXVII: THE EMPTINESS OF PICTURE GALLERIES
    18 min
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