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        <title><![CDATA[Why is it that Coverdale doesn't want the "utopian" community of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Why is it that Coverdale doesn't want the "utopian" community of Blithedale to work?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blithedale as a community is an experiment in socialism.  Its...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Blithedale as a community is an experiment in socialism.  Its supporters are seeking &quot;a better life&quot;, and hope through their endeavors to achieve &quot;the reformation of the world&quot;, changing its &quot;destiny&quot;.  In a spirit of cooperation, they plan to learn &quot;the art of husbandry&quot;, so that, with each individual doing his or her share, they might live off the land, establishing a system better than &quot;the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:56:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Arriving in town, Coverdale settles into a hotel that is...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Arriving in town, Coverdale settles into a hotel that is &quot;...situated somewhat aloof from (his) former track in life&quot;.  Desiring some time for solitude, he has chosen his lodgings so as to avoid running into people he knows.  Coverdale discovers that the clamor of the city is a welcome change from the quiet environs of Blithedale Farm where he had spent the summer, the proximity of &quot;the entangled (lives) of many men...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:35:49 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Coverdale had left Blithedale in part to escape the questions tormenting...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Coverdale had left Blithedale in part to escape the questions tormenting him about his three friends, but once he had gone he began to dream of them, of Hollingsworth and Zenobia kissing passionately while Priscilla looks on in sadness.  Coverdale had at first thought that he had lacked humanity in being so concerned with his friends' situation, but now believes that &quot;it was through too much sympathy, rather than too little&quot;, that...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 08:52:04 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[After his conversation with Hollingsworth, Coverdale becomes restless...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After his conversation with Hollingsworth, Coverdale becomes restless and dissatisfied with life and Blithedale. He decides to go on a trip to the seashore to restore his health after so much labor, or so he relates to the other residents. Silas Foster sees through this, since Coverdale’s health has visibly improved by his work on the farm.Yet Coverdale’s dissatisfaction runs deeper, he realizes, than a week’s stay at the beach will...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:42:08 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[On a summer’s day, Coverdale and Hollingsworth were repairing a stone...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On a summer’s day, Coverdale and Hollingsworth were repairing a stone fence and enjoying some moments of conversation. Coverdale begins rhapsodizing about the future of Blithedale. He sees a time when the future residents will glorify the &quot;founders,&quot; with memorials and tales of wonder. Hollingsworth dismisses such fancies and reveals that he is not satisfied with the direction that Blithedale is taking. He would have the foundation...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:02:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Stunned by the story revealed to him by Moodie, Coverdale wanders for a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Stunned by the story revealed to him by Moodie, Coverdale wanders for a time in New England, and chances one day upon an exhibition at a village-hall.  The particular exhibition which he attends is &quot;an interview with that celebrated and hitherto inexplicable phenomenon, the Veiled Lady&quot;.To his surprise, Coverdale is reunited with Hollingsworth in the audience.  Some strangers are talking about the upcoming performance, citing the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:21:05 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Twenty five years ago, Moodie, then called Fauntleroy, was &quot;a man...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Twenty five years ago, Moodie, then called Fauntleroy, was &quot;a man of wealth, who married a beautiful woman who gave him a beautiful daughter.  His love for them was superficial, his greatest concern being his money, and when his fortune finally &quot;became exhausted&quot;, he committed a heinous crime to preserve it &quot;for...only a few breaths more&quot;.  When Fauntleroy's guilt was exposed, he fled; his wife perished of shame,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:40:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Driven by an insatiable curiosity to understand the mystery surrounding...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Driven by an insatiable curiosity to understand the mystery surrounding Priscilla and Zenobia, Coverdale remembers old Moodie, and his relationship with Priscilla, and determines to seek an interview.  Being &quot;tolerably well acquainted with the old man's haunts&quot;, he goes to a saloon which he knows the aged gentleman frequents.  While awaiting Mr. Moodie's appearance, Coverdale peruses the decor of the saloon, which is &quot;fitted...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:47:38 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sundays are days of rest in the Blithedale community. While some spend...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sundays are days of rest in the Blithedale community. While some spend the day in traditional worship at one of the local churches, some spend it communing with nature. Such are Coverdale, Hollingsworth, Zenobia, and Priscilla. They go to a pile of boulder’s called Eliot’s Pulpit, after the story that John Eliot, apostle to the Indians, preached from there.The talk turns to the rights of women. Zenobia decries how the liberty of her sex...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:12:39 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Coverdale feels compelled to figure out the reason behind Zenobia's and...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Coverdale feels compelled to figure out the reason behind Zenobia's and Priscilla's presence, and their connection with Westervelt.  Zenobia is irritated with his &quot;vulgar curiosity&quot;, but Coverdale feels his interest is justified by his pure motivations, the &quot;quality of (his) intellect and...heart&quot;.  It occurs to him that rather than just sit and wonder about what is going on, he might go and visit Zenobia and find out for...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:02:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Coverdale returns to Blithedale on &quot;the most delightful of all...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Coverdale returns to Blithedale on &quot;the most delightful of all days&quot;  He looks forward to seeing his friends, especially Hollingsworth, Zenobia, and Priscilla, but reflects that it is &quot;both sad and dangerous...to be in too close affinity with the passions, the errors, and the misfortunes, of individuals who (stand) within a circle of their own&quot;.  Although he is eagerly anticipating returning to his &quot;home&quot;, he...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:02:24 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Having come unexpectedly upon Priscilla, Hollingsworth, and Zenobia at...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Having come unexpectedly upon Priscilla, Hollingsworth, and Zenobia at the base of Eliot's pulpit, Coverdale senses that they have just had a scene, and that he is an intruder.  He tactfully suggests that he will go to the house and see them later, but Zenobia half-laughingly says that she has &quot;been on trial for (her) life&quot; and would like to have her case reheard before him.  Coverdale doesn't know what has transpired, but he can...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:46:54 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Zenobia tells the tale of &quot;The Silvery Veil.&quot;The story...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Zenobia tells the tale of &quot;The Silvery Veil.&quot;The story references the Veiled Lady, the mesmerist or medium that was popular a few months previously, and whom Coverdale had gone to see on the evening he met Mr. Moodie prior to departing for Blithedale. One evening a pair of young gentlemen was discussing the possibilities of her identity. One of them, Theodore, vowed he would uncover her identity as a wager. He went to the place of...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:43:53 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Coverdale listens to Zenobia's sobs &quot;in unbroken silence.&quot; He...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Coverdale listens to Zenobia's sobs &quot;in unbroken silence.&quot; He wants to help her in her grief, but can think of no way to do so.  Curiously, his own heart is shaken by the &quot;hardly mitigated torment&quot; that consumes Zenobia.When she has ceased crying, Zenobia recognizes Coverdale.  She quietly tells him not to pity her, because &quot;it is a woman's doom, and (she has) deserved it&quot;.  She half-seriously urges him to...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:53:30 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[It is close to midnight when Coverdale goes to Hollingsworth's window to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It is close to midnight when Coverdale goes to Hollingsworth's window to solicit his help.  He has found Zenobia's &quot;delicate handkerchief, marked with a well-known cypher&quot; by the stream, and is filled with a terrible foreboding.  Silas Foster appears, and his help is requested as well.  Coverdale is afraid that Zenobia has drowned herself.Foster is incredulous at the idea that a woman who &quot;has more means than she can use or...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:41:27 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Coverdale has provided for himself a retreat, not belonging to the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Coverdale has provided for himself a retreat, not belonging to the community as a whole, one where he can go to escape the crowd (despite the intention of the Blithedale philosophy). On one of his rambles, he discovered a bower up in a tree. With a little modification, he arranged a perch of solitude, perfect for contemplation or the writing that he is currently doing.From his hermitage he spies Hollingsworth, plowing the fields and looking...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:09:35 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Zenobia is buried &quot;on the gently sloping hill-side&quot; where it...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Zenobia is buried &quot;on the gently sloping hill-side&quot; where it was once supposed that she and Hollingsworth would build their cottage.  At her simple funeral, bereft of &quot;frippery of flowers and cheerful emblems&quot;, Coverdale encounters Westervelt, who contemptuously views her death as &quot;a foolish thing&quot;, that a woman such as Zenobia, who could have had &quot;every prize that could be worth a woman's having&quot;,...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:39:34 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[In this final chapter, Miles Coverdale looks back on his time at...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In this final chapter, Miles Coverdale looks back on his time at Blithedale from the vantage point of middle age.  He had left the farm &quot;within the week after Zenobia's death&quot;, and has not had the heart to return.  He remembers the idealism of the group, the &quot;beautiful scheme of a noble and unselfish life&quot;, and how it looked at first that &quot;it might endure for generations, and be perfected...into the system of a...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:04:42 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Priscilla arrives at Zenobia's drawing room, where Zenobia and Coverdale...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Priscilla arrives at Zenobia's drawing room, where Zenobia and Coverdale are waiting.  She is wearing a gauzy dress of pure white, which accentuates her ethereal beauty.  Coverdale notices this, and Zenobia asks him why, &quot;in such Arcadian freedom of falling in love as (they) have lately enjoyed, it never occurred to (him) to fall in love with Priscilla&quot;.  She notes that, in the environment of the farm, the discrepancy in their...]]></description>
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