The New Adam and Eve

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"The New Adam and Eve" is a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne that imagines a post-apocalyptic Boston explored by two newly created, innocent humans as a satirical reflection on society and human nature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
short story
author Nathaniel Hawthorne
centralCharacters a newly created man
a newly created woman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts a post-apocalyptic Boston
firstPublicationForm periodical
genre allegory
satire
short story
speculative fiction
hasSubject contrast between nature and civilization
critique of social institutions
language English
literaryDevice allegory
irony
satire
literaryMovement American Romanticism
motif Edenic innocence
post-apocalyptic world
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalMedium print
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingLocation Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston
theme human nature
innocence and experience
materialism
social satire
society and civilization

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Twice-Told Tales containsWork The New Adam and Eve
Mosses from an Old Manse hasPart The New Adam and Eve