Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession

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"Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession" is a pivotal late chapter in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel *The Blithedale Romance*, in which the narrator reveals crucial personal truths and hidden motivations that reframe the story’s preceding events.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter
literary work section
appearsInNovel The Blithedale Romance NERFINISHED
associatedWithAuthor Nathaniel Hawthorne's late career
author Nathaniel Hawthorne
basedInWorkPublicationYear 1852
centralCharacter Hollingsworth NERFINISHED
Miles Coverdale NERFINISHED
Priscilla NERFINISHED
Zenobia NERFINISHED
chapterNumber 29
contributesTo overall ambiguity of The Blithedale Romance
psychological depth of Miles Coverdale
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1852
functionInNarrative acts as partial narrative self-exposure
reframes preceding events
hasAuthorNationality American
language English
literaryDevice frame reinterpretation of plot
retrospective confession
unreliable narration
literaryGenre novel chapter
literaryMovement American Romanticism
narrativePerspective first-person
narrativeRole climactic revelation chapter
introspective monologue
narrator Miles Coverdale NERFINISHED
originalMedium print
originalPublicationForm book
partOf The Blithedale Romance NERFINISHED
positionInWork late chapter
relatedWork The Blithedale Romance NERFINISHED
reveals Miles Coverdale's hidden motivations
Miles Coverdale's personal feelings toward other characters
retrospective interpretation of Blithedale events
settingContext aftermath of Blithedale community experiment
theme failed idealism
guilt
limits of confession
self-knowledge
unrequited or repressed desire
voyeurism and detachment
titleOf chapter 29 of The Blithedale Romance
workAuthor Nathaniel Hawthorne NERFINISHED
workTypeContext utopian community narrative

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Chapter XXX: Conclusion follows Chapter XXIX: Miles Coverdale's Confession