Marble Faun

Nathaniel Hawthorne's romance concerns a group of American expatriates in mid-nineteenth century Italy, and their tragic encounter with the faun-like Italian count, Donatello. It is both a murder story and a parable of the Fall of Man, dominated by the fragility and durability of human life and art.

Romantismul lui Nathaniel Hawthorne se refera la un grup de expatriati americani din Italia de la mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea si intalnirea lor tragica cu contele italian, asemanator unui faun, Donatello. Este atat o poveste de crima, cat si o pilda a caderii omului, dominata de fragilitatea si durabilitatea vietii umane si a artei.