About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100140390286

ISBN-139780140390285

eBay Product ID (ePID)127440728

Product Key Features

Book TitleBlithedale Romance

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1983

TopicClassics, Romance / Historical / General, Literary

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorNathaniel Hawthorne

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight7.8 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN83-008031

Reviews"Hawthorne, in putting this novel together, was engaged in the most serious literary enterprise of his career." --Louis Auchincloss

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal813/.3

SynopsisA 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.", 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.