Project Gutenberg 2006-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 230 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 1 Produced by Michael Pullen and David Widger "The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 1" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a novel written in the mid-19th century. It explores themes of art, morality, and the connections between humanity and nature through a narrative set in Rome, where the lives of four main characters intersect. These characters are artists: Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, and Donatello, who forms a central figure with a striking resemblance to the Faun of Praxiteles. The beginning of the novel introduces the four friends in a sculpture gallery in Rome, where they are struck by the likeness of Donatello to an ancient statue. As they engage in playful banter about this resemblance, Hawthorne reveals layers of each character's personality—Miriam's artistic fervor combined with a hint of melancholy, Hilda's innocent wisdom, Kenyon's sculptor's pride, and Donatello's simplicity and naivety. The atmosphere is richly filled with the weight of history that influences their interactions and reflections on art, nature, and emotion, setting the stage for deeper explorations as the narrative unfolds. The opening sections establish a dreamy, contemplative mood that suggests impending moral complexities and emotional entanglements among the characters, drawing readers into their world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Psychological fiction Love stories Nobility -- Fiction Rome (Italy) -- Fiction Artists -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction Americans -- Italy -- Fiction Women art students -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 444799 444808 2024-09-01T12:27:07.428418 2023-10-01T11:15:25.939994 text/html text/html 454666 2021-01-27T15:42:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 159065 2021-01-27T15:42:17 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 224689 2024-09-01T12:27:13.898397 application/epub+zip 231482 2024-09-01T12:27:09.093402 application/epub+zip 231482 2024-09-01T12:27:08.088426 application/epub+zip 470809 2024-09-01T12:27:17.744385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440794 2024-09-01T12:27:13.211413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440931 2022-09-01T14:09:41.126661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386539 386513 2024-09-01T12:27:06.860425 2023-10-01T11:15:25.341983 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 390713 2016-12-15T11:50:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 153022 2016-12-15T11:51:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 386278 2006-02-25T16:04:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152482 2006-02-25T16:05:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21865 2024-09-01T12:27:17.885355 application/rdf+xml 22623 2024-09-01T12:27:08.435423 image/jpeg 4740 2024-09-01T12:27:08.261406 image/jpeg 221908 2024-09-01T12:27:07.465420 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia