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Chapter VIII: “A Modern Arcadia”
The Blithedale Romance

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Abstract: Coverdale compares the feminine characteristics of Zenobia and Priscilla. He discusses the plan for the community at Blithedale, and the reaction of those outside the community.

Source: Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance (Concord: Ticknor and Fields, 1852)


Lexile Level: TBD
       
Origin: American
       
Genre: Fiction
Reading Level: 11        Language: English        File Name: 1408
Sunshine State Standards:
LA.A.2.4: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.

LA.D.2.4: The student understands the power of language.

LA.E.2.4: The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.


Theme: Love, Idealism, Politics
Reading Strategy: Comprehension (Decode, make connections to prior knowledge, think about and control what is being read)
 
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