Project Gutenberg 2006-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 522 Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1804 1864 The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 1 Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marble_Faun 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.) Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Psychological fiction Love stories Nobility -- Fiction Rome (Italy) -- Fiction Artists -- Fiction Murder -- Fiction Americans -- Italy -- Fiction Women art students -- Fiction PS Text Category: Novels Category: American Literature 444910 2025-08-01T12:33:53.601611 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 251708 2025-08-01T12:34:01.975587 application/epub+zip 258270 2025-08-01T12:33:57.111630 application/epub+zip 238459 2025-08-01T12:33:55.665639 application/epub+zip 523924 2025-08-01T12:34:05.697599 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 493927 2025-08-01T12:34:01.183615 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440931 2022-09-01T14:09:41.126661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390931 2025-08-01T12:33:53.081647 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 22097 2025-08-01T12:34:05.894560 application/rdf+xml 22583 2025-08-01T12:33:56.313617 image/jpeg 4742 2025-08-01T12:33:56.031601 image/jpeg 245967 2025-08-01T12:33:53.635611 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia