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The Blithedale Romance is a novel by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1852. It is the third major "romance", as he called the form. Its setting is a utopian socialist farming commune based on Brook Farm, of which Hawthorne was a founding member and where he lived in 1841.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1852
At the start of The Blithedale Romance, the first-person narrator, Miles Coverdale, is about to forsake city life and join a group of people bent on establishing a rural utopian community at a place called Blithedale Farm. Coverdale is a poet, and embarks on this social experiment as an adventure.
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Learn about Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Blithedale Romance, a critique of utopian communities and mesmerism. Find plot summary, analysis, themes, quotes, characters, terms, symbols, and literary devices.
A summary of the plot and themes of Hawthorne's novel about a utopian community in 19th-century America. Follow Miles Coverdale as he falls in love with Zenobia, a mysterious and beautiful writer, and becomes involved in a love triangle with Priscilla and Hollingsworth.
The Blithedale Romance, minor novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1852. The novel, about a group of people living in an experimental community, was based in part on Hawthorne’s disillusionment with the Brook Farm utopian community near Boston in the 1840s.
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The Blithedale Romance study guide contains a biography of Nathaniel Hawthorne, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes.
