The Marble Faun
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Kenner, Louisiana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
The fragility-and the durability-of human life and art dominate this story of American expatriates in Italy in the mid-nineteenth century. Befriended by Donatello, a young Italian with the classical grace of the "Marble Faun," Miriam, Hilda, and Kenyon find their pursuit of art taking a sinister turn as Miriam's unhappy past precipitates the present into tragedy. Hawthorne's 'International Novel' dramatizes the confrontation of the Old World and the New and the uncertain relationship between the 'authentic' and the 'fake' in life as in art. The author's evocative descriptions of classic sites made The Marble Faun a favorite guidebook to Rome for Victorian tourists, but this richly ambiguous symbolic romance is also the story of a murder, and a parable of the Fall of Man. As the characters find their civilized existence disrupted by the awful consequences of impulse, Hawthorne leads his readers to question the value of Art and Culture and addresses the great evolutionary debate which was beginning to shake Victorian society.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- 2ndHandBooks.com (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AA-HC-10943
- Title
- The Marble Faun
- Author
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt Company
- Date Published
- No year stated
Terms of Sale
2ndHandBooks.com
Returns accepted within 10 days after sale only when accompanied by Return Authorization. All items offered subject to prior sale or other disposition. ** It is recommended you communicate via email any questions you may have about a specific item prior to placing an order. We would be pleased to pull the specific item and either call or email you the information you requested. **We guarantee each 2ndHandBook or Collectible to be in "good condition". Good Condition means a previously read book or previously owned Collectible that shows signs of wear and may have flaws depending upon age, but has all pages and leaves present and/or is as photographed. No other warranty is expressed or implied. Under no circumstances are shipping charges refunded.
About the Seller
2ndHandBooks.com
About 2ndHandBooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: