{"product_id":"9780140390285-the-blithedale-romance","title":"The Blithedale Romance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten more than a year after \"The House of the Seven Gables\", this novel draws upon Hawthorne's final few weeks at Brook Farm, the experimental socialist community in Roxbury, Massachusetts. It is a story of multiple betrayals and failed possibilities. \u003cb\u003eA superb depiction of a utopian community that cannot survive the individual passions of its members. \u003c\/b\u003eIn language that is suggestive and often erotic, Nathaniel Hawthorne tells a tale of failed possibilities and multiple personal betrayals as he explores the contrasts between what his characters espouse and what they actually experience in an 'ideal' community. A theme of unrealized sexual possibilities serves as a counterpoint to the other failures at Blithedale: class and sex distinctions are not eradicated, and communal work on the farm proves personally unrewarding and economically disastrous. Based in part on Hawthorne's own experiences at Brook Farm, an experimental socialist community, \u003ci\u003eThe Blithedale Romance\u003c\/i\u003e is especially timely in light of renewed interest in self-sufficient and other cooperative societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40868013441121,"sku":"9780140390285","price":10.21,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/aa1ff8a73635510491adaa31be2af5d6.png?v=1686785923","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780140390285-the-blithedale-romance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}