The story revolves round the angelic and mysterious hermaphrodite Seraphita who seems to inspire love in all she meets. The battle for her affection leads Wilf and Minna past earthly knowledge and into the deeper mysteries of life. Set against the rugged landscape of 18th century Norway, Seraphita is the most unusual and bizarre novel in Balzac's Comedie Humaine.
Review
Seraphita will be my master stroke. One can create a Goriot every day but one creates a Seraphita only once in a lifetime." Honore de Balzac
"Never did Balzac approach the very ideal of Beauty as in this book." Theophile Gautier
Description:
The story revolves round the angelic and mysterious hermaphrodite Seraphita who seems to inspire love in all she meets. The battle for her affection leads Wilf and Minna past earthly knowledge and into the deeper mysteries of life. Set against the rugged landscape of 18th century Norway, Seraphita is the most unusual and bizarre novel in Balzac's Comedie Humaine.
Review
Seraphita will be my master stroke. One can create a Goriot every day but one creates a Seraphita only once in a lifetime." Honore de Balzac
"Never did Balzac approach the very ideal of Beauty as in this book." Theophile Gautier
Language Notes
Text: English, French (translation)