Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Marble Faun
Paperback
(Dover Publications June 4, 2004)
Murder and romance, innocence and experience dominate this masterfully constructed novel set in Rome during the mid-19th century.
Three young American artists and their friend, an Italian count, find their lives irrevocably linked when one of them commits a murder. Nathaniel Hawthorne's final novel symbolizing the Fall of Man is a captivating tale concerned as much with the power and beauty of art as with the striking, intimate details of the historic sites visited by the travelers.
A provocative view at Americans abroad, this long-overlooked novel is "must reading" for anyone who relishes crimes of passion set against the picturesque details of Old World landmarks.
- Series
- Dover Thrift Editions
- ISBN
- 0486434117 / 9780486434117
- Pages
- 304
- Weight
- 8.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.3 x 0.7
in.