The Marble Faun (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- First Published: 1860
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: Rome, Italy
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Murder or homicide, Nineteenth century, Art or artists, Mistaken or secret identity, Sin or Original sin, Guilt, Obsession, Italy or Italians, Sculpting or sculptors, Rome
- Locales: Rome, Italy
Characters Discussed
Donatello, in reality the Count of Monte Beni, at first a naïve young man who seems to be almost dim-witted, with little formal education and almost no intellectual, moral, or emotional depth. He appears almost a creature out of the mythical past, a faun out of his time and place associating with the painters and sculptors of an artists’ colony in nineteenth century Rome. Feeling a kinship with nature and its inhabitants, he is truly happy only in the woods and gardens. He falls in love with Miriam Schaefer, a beautiful but mysterious young...
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