{"product_id":"blithedale-romance-paperback-by-nathaniel-hawthorne","title":"Blithedale Romance Paperback by Nathaniel Hawthorne","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBelknap Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2010-04-01)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e304\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780674050211\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry James called \u003ci\u003eThe Blithedale Romance\u003c\/i\u003e \"the lightest, the brightest, the liveliest\" of Hawthorne's novels and his character Zenobia “the nearest approach that Hawthorne . . . made to the complete creation of a person.”\n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in one of the most productive periods of his career, Hawthorne’s \u003ci\u003eBlithedale Romance\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1852, a year after \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Seven Gables\u003c\/i\u003e and two years after his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e. With \u003ci\u003eThe Blithedale Romance\u003c\/i\u003e, Hawthorne writes fully in his own time, not haunting his characters with the American past. Drawn from his stay at Brook Farm, a communal experiment in living the pastoral life, the story is an engaging one that touches on many of the issues of his day, from brotherhood to women's rights and socialism. It remains a captivating work about politics, love, the supernatural, and idealism, written with Hawthorne’s sharp wit and deep intelligence.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATHANIEL HAWTHORNE\u003c\/b\u003e was four years old when his father, a sea captain, died in 1808. He grew up under the roof of his maternal uncles in Salem, Massachusetts, and attended Bowdoin College in Maine, where he discovered his vocation as a writer. The publication of his short story “Young Goodman Brown” in 1835 was followed by the collections \u003ci\u003eTwice-Told Tales\u003c\/i\u003e (1837) and \u003ci\u003eMosses from an Old Manse\u003c\/i\u003e (1846). The latter took its name from the house in Concord, Massachusetts, where he and his wife, Sophia, lived after their marriage in 1842. Unable to earn a living from his writing, he sought employment as a government bureaucrat, first in the Salem Custom House and later as United States consul in Liverpool, England. Despite his chronic financial insecurity, he continued to produce such notable works as \u003ci\u003eThe Scarlet Letter\u003c\/i\u003e (1850), \u003ci\u003eThe House of the Seven Gables\u003c\/i\u003e (1851), \u003ci\u003eThe Blithedale Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (1852), and \u003ci\u003eThe Marble Faun\u003c\/i\u003e (1860). He died in Plymouth, New Hampshire, in 1864.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArlin Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (b. 1909 - d. 1980 ) was a scholar of American literature and instructor at Southwest Texas State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46554129727649,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780674050211","price":39.9,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780674050211.jpg?v=1781755883","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/blithedale-romance-paperback-by-nathaniel-hawthorne","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}