Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac
"Seraphita" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1834. In a Norwegian castle near a fjord, the mysterious Séraphitüs harbors an extraordinary secret. Minna loves Séraphitüs as a man, while Wilfrid loves this same being as a woman named Séraphîta. In reality, Séraphitüs-Séraphîta is a perfect androgyne, representing the ideal of humanity through the mystical doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg. Unlike Balzac's realistic works, this story explores the fantastic and supernatural
to illuminate profound philosophical themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Wormeley, Katharine Prescott, 1830-1908 |
| Title | Seraphita |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9raph%C3%AEta |
| Credits | Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Subject | France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | French fiction -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1432 |
| Release Date | Sep 7, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 27, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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