It is an attachment that shocks his family and friends. Fritz seeks his father s permission to wed his hearts heart, his spirits guide a plain, simple child named Sophie von Kuhn. It tells the true story of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a passionate, impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis. New York Times Book Review The Blue Flower is set in the age of Goethe, in the small towns and great universities of late eighteenth-century Germany. an original masterpiece.-Financial Times An astonishing book.Fitzgeralds greatest triumph.-New York Times Book Review From the Back Cover An astonishing book. Their brilliant young Fritz, betrothed to a twelve-year-old dullard? How can this be? Their rationality of love, the transfiguration of the commonplace, the clarity of purpose that comes with knowing ones own fate- these are the themes of this beguiling novel, themes treated with a mix of wit, grace, and mischievous humor. Fritz seeks his fathers permission to wed his hearts heart, his spirits guide-a plain, simple child named Sophievon Khn.

It tells the true story of Friedrich von Hardenberg, a passionate, impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the romantic poet Novalis. The Blue Flower is set in the age of Goethe among the small towns and great universities of 18th-century Germany. Booker Prize-winning novelist Fitzgeralds crowning literary work centers on the 18th-century German poet and philosopher Novalis and his love for the simple Sophie. Book Synopsis A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER in Fiction. The 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner in Fiction. 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 Editors Choice by the New York Times Book Review.

The attachment shocks his family and friends. About the Book In eighteenth-century Germany, the impetuous student of philosophy who will later gain fame as the Romantic poet Novalis seeks his fathers permission to wed his true philosophy - a plain, simple child named Sophie.

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