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The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. In Two Volumes

by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

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Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860. These are Near Fine copies of the Second Impression of the First Edition. Original brown publisher's cloth binding, decoratively stamped. Gilt titling on the spines. Volume One is xi, 283 pages, with 16 pages of publisher's adverts in the rear, dated March 1860. The Table of Contents precedes the Preface. Volume Two has 284 pages. A bit of rubbing to the head and foot of the spines; Volume Two has a tiny chip at the top of the spine. Gilt on spine somewhat dulled but perfectly readable. Withal, quite attractive copies of this high spot of American literature. In archival plastic covers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

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.

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Bookseller
Quercus Rare Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
004421
Title
The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. In Two Volumes
Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Ticknor and Fields
Place of Publication
Boston
Date Published
1860
Size
12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Bookseller catalogs
American Literature;
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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