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Her death by drowning may have suggested that of Zenobia in Hawthorne's novel of the Blithedale Romance – both Margaret Fuller and Emerson having been members of that singular society, the Concord Philanstery; and Zenobia, it is said, was intended by Hawthorne as a portrait of her in his book.
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I don't want to turn Mellish into a Philanstery exactly, nor to give up my racing-stud if I can help it, "John said, reflectively;" but I want to do something, Lolly, to prove that I am grateful to Providence.
Aurora Floyd. A Novel Mary Elizabeth 1863
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