Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. Note on the Text xxiii
5. Chronology of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Life xxv
6. Preface 1
7. The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni
8. I Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, Donatello 7
9. II The Faun 13
10. III Subterranean Reminiscences 21
11. IV The Spectre of the Catacomb 29
12. V Miriam’s Studio 38
13. VI The Virgin’s Shrine 51
14. VII Beatrice 61
15. VIII The Suburban Villa 69
16. IX The Faun and Nymph 76
17. X The Sylvan Dance 84
18. XI Fragmentary Sentences 91
19. XII A Stroll on the Pincian 98
20. XIII A Sculptor’s Studio 112
21. XIV Cleopatra 122
22. XV An Æsthetic Company 130
23. XVI A Moonlight Ramble 141
24. XVII Miriam’s Trouble 152
25. XVIII On the Edge of a Precipice 160
26. XIX The Faun’s Transformation 171
27. XX The Burial Chaunt 177
28. XXI The Dead Capuchin 186
29. XXII The Medici Gardens 195
30. XXIII Miriam and Hilda 201
31. XXIV The Tower Among the Apennines 212
32. XXV Sunshine 220
33. XXVI The Pedigree of Monte Beni 230
34. XXVII Myths 241
35. XXVIII The Owl-Tower 251
36. XXIX On the Battlements 259
37. XXX Donatello’s Bust 269
38. XXXI The Marble Saloon 276
39. XXXII Scenes by the Way 287
40. XXXIII Pictured Windows 299
41. XXXIV Market-Day in Perugia 308
42. XXV The Bronze Pontiff ’s Benediction 315
43. XXXVI Hilda’s Tower 323
44. XXXVII The Emptiness of Picture-Galleries 331
45. XXXVIII Altars and Incense 342
46. XXXIX The World’s Cathedral 352
47. XL Hilda and a Friend 361
48. XLI Snow-Drops and Maidenly Delights 371
49. XLII Reminiscences of Miriam 380
50. XLIII The Extinction of a Lamp 388
51. XLIV The Deserted Shrine 397
52. XLV The Flight of Hilda’s Doves 407
53. XLVI A Walk on the Campagna 415
54. XLVII The Peasant and Contadina 423
55. XLVIII A Scene in the Corso 433
56. XLIX A Frolic of the Carnival 441
57. L Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, Donatello 451
58. Selected Bibliography 464