- Fiction, German Poets, Germany, History
A fictionalized biography of the 18th Century German poet, Friedrich Leopold von Hardenberg, who wrote under the nom de plume, Novalis. The novel centers on his philosophy ("My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.") and on his romance with Sophie von Kuhn, 12, who became his muse, but who died of tuberculosis before they could marry. By the author of The Gates of Angels.
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Grave, contemplative, earnest and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Penelope Fitzgerald
- First published
- February 1, 1999
- Pages
- 240
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin, Xin yu chu ban she, HARPER COLLINS
- Editions
- 19
- Language
- Chinese, English
- ISBN
- 9789750737534
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