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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:The Blue Flowerby Penelope Fitzgerald
Awards1997 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner in Fiction
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his father's permission to wed his true philosophy — a plain, simple child named Sophie. The attachment shocks his family and friends. This brilliant young man, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard! How can it be? A literary sensation and a bestseller in England and the United States, The Blue Flower was one of eleven books and the only paperback chosen as an Editor's Choice by the New York Times Book Review. Review:"Fitzgerald is alternately witty and poignant, especially in her portrayal of the intelligent, capable women who are too often taken for granted by the oblivious poets....[An] alternately biting and touching exploration of the nature of Romanticism." Publishers weekly Review:"A little treasure; highly recommended." Library Journal Review:"A historical novel that's touching, funny, unflinchingly tragic, and at the same time uncompromising in its accuracy, learning, and detail: a book that brings its subject entirely alive, almost nothing seeming beyond its grasp." Kirkus Reviews About the AuthorPenelope Fitzgerald wrote many books small in size but enormous in popular and critical acclaim over the past two decades. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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