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The Blithedale Romance (Hardcover)
Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R621
Discovery Miles 6 210
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The evening before my departure for Blithedale, I was returning to
my bachelor apartments, after attending the wonderful exhibition of
the Veiled Lady, when an elderly man of rather shabby appearance
met me in an obscure part of the street. "Mr. Coverdale," said he
softly, "can I speak with you a moment?" As I have casually alluded
to the Veiled Lady, it may not be amiss to mention, for the benefit
of such of my readers as are unacquainted with her now forgotten
celebrity, that she was a phenomenon in the mesmeric line; one of
the earliest that had indicated the birth of a new science, or the
revival of an old humbug. Since those times her sisterhood have
grown too numerous to attract much individual notice; nor, in fact,
has any one of them come before the public under such skilfully
contrived circumstances of stage effect as those which at once
mystified and illuminated the remarkable performances of the lady
in question. Nowadays, in the management of his "subject,"
"clairvoyant," or "medium," the exhibitor affects the simplicity
and openness of scientific experiment;
Hawthorne was a 19th century novelist and short story writer. He
wrote about life in Colonial America. Written in 1851 The House of
Seven Gables Begins, "Halfway down a by-street of one of our New
England towns stands a rusty wooden house, with seven acutely
peaked gables, facing towards various points of the compass, and a
huge, clustered chimney in the midst." The house is a gloomy old
place haunted with accusations of witchcraft and shady sudden
deaths. A delicate romance grows between Phoebe and the mysterious
lodger Holgrave, who is writing a history of the Pyncheon family.
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The Blithedale Romance (Paperback)
Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne; Edited by 1stworld Library
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R402
Discovery Miles 4 020
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The evening before my departure for Blithedale, I was returning to
my bachelor apartments, after attending the wonderful exhibition of
the Veiled Lady, when an elderly man of rather shabby appearance
met me in an obscure part of the street. "Mr. Coverdale," said he
softly, "can I speak with you a moment?" As I have casually alluded
to the Veiled Lady, it may not be amiss to mention, for the benefit
of such of my readers as are unacquainted with her now forgotten
celebrity, that she was a phenomenon in the mesmeric line; one of
the earliest that had indicated the birth of a new science, or the
revival of an old humbug. Since those times her sisterhood have
grown too numerous to attract much individual notice; nor, in fact,
has any one of them come before the public under such skilfully
contrived circumstances of stage effect as those which at once
mystified and illuminated the remarkable performances of the lady
in question. Nowadays, in the management of his "subject,"
"clairvoyant," or "medium," the exhibitor affects the simplicity
and openness of scientific experiment;
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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