Though Nathaniel Hawthorne is best remembered as the author of the quintessential American parable The Scarlet Letter, some of the New England writer's work was much less formal and traditional than that novel. In fact, some critics regard The Marble...
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Though Nathaniel Hawthorne is best remembered as the author of the quintessential American parable The Scarlet Letter, some of the New England writer's work was much less formal and traditional than that novel. In fact, some critics regard The Marble Faun, rife with impressionistic and fantastical elements, as downright experimental by comparison. It's a fascinating read that will please fans of Lovecraft and other uncanny horror
Title; Contents; VOLUME I; Chapter I - Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, Donatello; Chapter II - The Faun; Chapter III - Subterranean Reminiscences; Chapter IV - The Spectre of the Catacomb; Chapter V - Miriam's Studio; Chapter VI - The Virgin's Shrine; Chapter VII - Beatrice; Chapter VIII - The Suburban Villa; Chapter IX - The Faun and Nymph; Chapter X - The Sylvan Dance; Chapter XI - Fragmentary Sentences; Chapter XII - A Stroll on the Pincian; Chapter XIII - A Sculptor's Studio; Chapter XIV - Cleopatra; Chapter XV - An Aesthetic Company; Chapter XVI - A Moonlight Ramble
Chapter XVII - Miriam's TroubleChapter XVIII - On the Edge of a Precipice; Chapter XIX - The Faun's Transformation; Chapter XX - The Burial Chant; Chapter XXI - The Dead Capuchin; Chapter XXII - The Medici Gardens; Chapter XXIII - Miriam and Hilda; VOLUME II; Chapter XXIV - The Tower Among the Apennines; Chapter XXV - Sunshine; Chapter XXVI - The Pedigree of Monte Beni; Chapter XXVII - Myths; Chapter XXVIII - The Owl Tower; Chapter XXIX - On the Battlements; Chapter XXX - Donatello's Bust; Chapter XXXI - The Marble Saloon; Chapter XXXII - Scenes by the Way; Chapter XXXIII - Pictured Windows
Chapter XXXIV - Market Day in PerugiaChapter XXXV - The Bronze Pontiff's Benediction; Chapter XXXVI - Hilda's Tower; Chapter XXXVII - The Emptiness of Picture Galleries; Chapter XXXVIII - Altars and Incense; Chapter XXXIX - The World's Cathedral; Chapter XL - Hilda and a Friend; Chapter XLI - Snowdrops and Maidenly Delights; Chapter XLII - Reminiscences of Miriam; Chapter XLIII - The Extinction of a Lamp; Chapter XLIV - The Deserted Shrine; Chapter XLV - The Flight of Hilda's Doves; Chapter XLVI - A Walk on the Campagna; Chapter XLVII - The Peasant and Contadina
Chapter XLVIII - A Scene in the CorsoChapter XLIX - A Frolic of the Carnival; Chapter L - Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, Donatello; Conclusion;
