Published in England as Transformation it was the result of its author's two year stay in Italy. A key image in the novel is the painting of Beatrice 
Published in England as Transformation it was the result of its author's two year stay in Italy. A key image in the novel is the painting of Beatrice Cenci attributed to Guido Reni which one of the main characters is copying. A subplot involves the relationship of Kenyon and the innocent Hilda who cannot shake her connection to the blood that has been spilled by Count Donatello in his quest to free Miriam from her pursuer. FTP identify this 1860 novel whose title is taken from the resemblance of Donatello to a statue by Praxiteles, a work by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Published in England as Transformation it was the result of its author's two year stay in Italy.
The Marble Faun