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Die blaue Blume

Penelope Fitzgerald · 1999

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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.

Book details

Year
1999
Language
English
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Editions
17
Pages
225
ISBN
9780395859971

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