The 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.

Povestea de dragoste a lui Nathaniel Hawthorne prezinta un grup de expatriati americani din Italia de la mijlocul secolului al XIX-lea si tragica lor intalnire cu contele italian Donatello, cu aspect de faun. Este atat o poveste de crima, cat si o parabola a Caderii Omului, dominata de fragilitatea si durabilitatea vietii umane si a artei.