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Séraphîta
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Séraphîta () is a French novel by Honoré de Balzac with themes of androgyny. It was published in the Revue de Paris in 1834. In contrast with the realism of most of the author's best known works, the story delves into the fantastic and the supernatural to illustrate philosophical themes.
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- Author
- Honoré de Balzac
- First published
- 1840
- Editions
- 27
- Subjects
- Fiction, Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Séraphîta
- Book.image
- BalzacSeraphita01.jpg
- Book.caption
- Illustration from Séraphîta by Édouard Toudouze
- Book.author
- Honoré de Balzac
- Book.country
- France
- Book.language
- French
- Book.series
- La Comédie humaine
- Book.genre
- Fiction
- Book.release_date
- 1834
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Séraphîta () is a French novel by Honoré de Balzac with themes of androgyny. It was published in the Revue de Paris in 1834. In contrast with the realism of most of the author's best known works, the story delves into the fantastic and the supernatural to illustrate philosophical themes.
In a castle in Norway near the fjord Stromfjord, Séraphitüs, a strange and melancholic being, conceals a terrible secret. Séraphitüs loves Minna, and she returns this love, believing Séraphitüs to be a man. But Séraphitüs is also loved by Wilfrid, who considers Séraphitüs to be a woman (Séraphîta).
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