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The Blithedale Romance

Author
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Series
World Classics
Language
English
Length
200 pages
ISBN
9781909904699
Published
15 October 2013
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Utopian experiment
  • Transcendentalist community
  • Idealistic hopes
  • Communal living
  • Charismatic leader
  • Mysterious woman
  • Social reformer
  • Dark secrets
  • Complicated relationships
  • Love triangle

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The story takes place in a utopian community called Blithedale, which is based on Brook Farm, a real-life Transcendentalist community in Massachusetts where Hawthorne lived briefly. The protagonist, Miles Coverdale, is a young man who joins the community with hopes of living a simpler, more meaningful life. While there, he meets several unconventional characters, including Zenobia, a charismatic feminist; Priscilla, a mysterious and beautiful woman; and Hollingsworth, a driven social reformer with a dark past.

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864) is one of the founding masters of American literature — a novelist and short-story writer who made New England's Puritan past into a living moral drama. The Scarlet Letter remains his masterpiece: a study of guilt, secrecy, and public shame that still feels unsettlingly modern.

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