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- The Marble Faun, novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1860. It is one of the works Hawthorne called romances—“unrealistic” stories in exotic settings. The central metaphor of The Marble Faun is a statue of a faun by Praxiteles that Hawthorne had seen in Rome.
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The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni, also known by the British title Transformation, was the last of the four major romances by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and was published in 1860. The Marble Faun, written on the eve of the American Civil War, is set in a fantastical Italy.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1860
The Marble Faun, novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, published in 1860. It is one of the works Hawthorne called romances—“unrealistic” stories in exotic settings. The central metaphor of The Marble Faun is a statue of a faun by Praxiteles that Hawthorne had seen in Rome.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- 1860
The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni is a novel by British author Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1860. The novel is set in Italy and focuses on four main characters: Miriam, Hilda,...
The Marble Faun, or The Romance of Monte Beni is the last novel written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne classed it among his “romances”—novels mixing fantasy with moral allegory. The 1860 work tells the story of a group of friends who live in Rome.
The Marble Faun is a gothic romance concerning three young Americans and one young Italian Count who meet in Rome. The book features picturesque descriptions of historic art and architecture in Rome as a backdrop to a tale of mystery, murder, and romance.
The Marble Faun. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Susan Manning (Editor) 3.47. 3,250 ratings232 reviews. The fragility-and the durability-of human life and art dominate this story of American expatriates in Italy in the mid-nineteenth century.
The last novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne paints a surreal picture of guilt, love and responsibility when describing the adventures of three Americans and one Italian in the eternal city of Rome. The book starts by introducing the characters. The first is Kenyon, an American sculptor who comes to Rome to study the Ancients.
