"Idolatry: A Romance" by Julian Hawthorne is a 19th-century story investigating fate and selfhood. Doctor Hiero Glyphic and Balder Helwyse are entangled in a plot involving an enchanted ring. Their lives intertwine when they both stay at a Boston hotel, and the ring emerges as a symbol, linking their pasts and presents. Doctor Glyphic's dreamlike flashbacks show the ring's power, suggesting it shapes memory and choices. The book hints at the complexities of relationships and how people want to understand each other through time and different events.
Idolatry: A Romance
By Julian Hawthorne
In a Boston hotel, the lives of two men become intertwined by an enchanted ring, setting them on a course fraught with romance, destiny, and the exploration of identity.
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2005-07-13
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About the AuthorJulian Hawthorne was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mysteries and detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies, and histories.
Julian Hawthorne was an American writer and journalist, the son of novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne and Sophia Peabody. He wrote numerous poems, novels, short stories, mysteries and detective fiction, essays, travel books, biographies, and histories.
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