| The Blithedale Romance Contributor(s): Hawthorne, Nathaniel (Author) |
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ISBN: 1985571897 ISBN-13: 9781985571891 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.27 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - General |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6" W x 9" (0.66 lbs) 220 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 52119 Reading Level: 10.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 16.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The principal setting is a communal farm called Blithedale (i.e., "Happy Valley"), a would-be modern Arcadia along the lines of the anti-capitalist ideals of Charles Fourier, yet is nonetheless destroyed by the self-interested behavior of some of its members. Among those members are: Hollingsworth, a monomaniacal philanthropist and confirmed misogynist who intends to turn Blithedale into a colony for the reformation of criminals; Zenobia, a passionate feminist of... |