| The Blithedale Romance Contributor(s): Hawthorne, Nathaniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 153335555X ISBN-13: 9781533355553 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Romance - Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.83 lbs) 280 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 52119 Reading Level: 10.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Blithedale Romance is a work of fiction based on Hawthorne's recollections of Brook Farm, a short-lived agricultural and educational commune where Hawthorne lived from April to November 1841. The commune, an attempt at an intellectual utopian society, interested many famous Transcendentalists such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Margaret Fuller, though few of the Transcendentalists actually lived there. In the novel's preface, Hawthorne describes his memories of this temporary home as "essentially a daydream, and yet a fact" which he employs as "an available foothold between fiction and reality." His feelings of affectionate scepticism toward the commune are reflected not only in the novel, but also in his journal entries and in the numerous letters he wrote from Brook Farm to Sophia Peabody, his future wife. |