The Blue Flower (4th Estate Matchbook Classics)

by Penelope Fitzgerald

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From the Booker Prize-winning author of `Offshore' comes this unusual romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancee Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam.

The year is 1794 and Fritz, passionate, idealistic and brilliant, is seeking his father's permission to announce his engagement to his heart's desire: twelve-year-old Sophie. His astounded family and friends are amused and disturbed by his betrothal. What can he be thinking?

Tracing the dramatic early years of the young German who was to become the great romantic poet and philosopher Novalis, `The Blue Flower' is a masterpiece of invention, evoking the past with a reality that we can almost feel.

  • ISBN13 9780002239127
  • Publish Date 21 September 1995
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 13 June 1996
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
  • Imprint Flamingo