The Blithedale Romance - 9781536873238

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 exotic origin who ironically finds Hollingsworth's misogyny irresistible; Priscilla, a young and impecunious seamstress from the city; and Miles Coverdale, the unreliable narrator, a minor poet and dandy given to acts of voyeurism.

• • Author: Hawthorne Nathaniel, Hollybooks
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Aug 03, 2016
• • Number of Pages: 218 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1536873233
• • ISBN-13: 9781536873238