Set in the 1840s, The Blithedale Romance depicts of a community that cannot survive the passions of its members. Enjoy a tale of failed possibilities and multiple personal betrayals that explores the contrast between what people espouse and what they actually experience in an 'ideal' community.

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The first adaptation of the American novel Wieland, and the inspiration for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Religious fanaticism, schizophrenia, supernatural powers and repressed sexual desire combine into a deadly family drama.