""A Season In Utopia: The Story Of Brook Farm"" by Edith Roelker Curtis is a non-fiction book that chronicles the history of Brook Farm, a utopian community that was established in West Roxbury, Massachusetts in the mid-19th century. The book explores the motivations behind the creation of the community, the daily life of its members, and the challenges they faced in trying to create a perfect society. The author also delves into the philosophical and social ideologies that inspired the founders of Brook Farm, including ...
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""A Season In Utopia: The Story Of Brook Farm"" by Edith Roelker Curtis is a non-fiction book that chronicles the history of Brook Farm, a utopian community that was established in West Roxbury, Massachusetts in the mid-19th century. The book explores the motivations behind the creation of the community, the daily life of its members, and the challenges they faced in trying to create a perfect society. The author also delves into the philosophical and social ideologies that inspired the founders of Brook Farm, including transcendentalism and socialism. The book includes details about notable members of the community, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne and Margaret Fuller, and their contributions to the community. The author draws on primary sources, including letters, diaries, and other documents, to provide a detailed and engaging account of this unique experiment in communal living. Overall, ""A Season In Utopia"" provides a fascinating glimpse into a little-known chapter in American history and the ideals that drove a group of individuals to pursue a utopian vision.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Octavo, 9 1/4" tall, 346 pages, silver titles on black cloth. A very good, clean, neat original hard cover first edition over all with minor shelf wear; binding tight, BUT paper lightly yellowed, and some slight foxing at the endpaper gutters. In a good, moderately edge worn dust jacket with the original price present.
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8vo, pp. 346. Bibliography, index. Cover slightly scuffed at corners and ends of spine, o/w a nice copy. The rise and fall of a small New England Utopian community.
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Good in good dust jacket. DJ, in plastic sleeve, has some wear and soiling. Edges have some soiling. 346 p. 23 cm. Bibliography. Index. Here is a full-scale appraisal of the most celebrated of America's nineteenth-century idealist 'utopia'.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition. 346pp. Boards lightly rubbed at the edges, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with modest rubbing, and a couple short closed tears.
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8vo, pp. 346. Bibliography, index. Cover slightly scuffed at corners and ends of spine, end paper stained, o/w a very good copy in dj. The rise and fall of a small New England Utopian community.
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Good + in G- jacket. Inscribed By Author G+ hb in black boards, g-dj, minor shelf wear to cover edges and spine ends, text tight and clean, inscribed by author on cover page (to a poet and illustrator Margaret Chilton-also there is a Christmas card inside front cover sent to Ms. Chilton)
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Good plus or better, light general wear, corners slightly bumped. Lightly worn jacket with sm tears & chips, price clipped. Pages browned. Front endpapers foxed.