The residents of the Blithedale farm wish to make it into a modern Arcadia, free from the pollution of society. But they form such a varied, self-interested group, that their efforts are in vain. The misogynistic Hollingsworth wants to turn it into a sanctuary for reformed criminals; the exotic feminist Zenobia is helplessly attracted to Hollingsworth; and the narrator is an unreliable dandy with voyeuristic tendencies. Henry James called The Blithedale Romance the lightest and liveliest of Hawthorne's non-comedic novels.
| ISBN: | 9781776511600 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2010 |
| Author: | Hawthorne, Nathaniel |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Format: | Ebook (PDF) |