Balzac, Honoré de 1799-1850 creator Wormeley, Katharine Prescott 1830-1908 text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Seraphita" by Honoré de Balzac is a novel published in 1834. In a Norwegian castle near a fjord, the mysterious Séraphitüs harbors an extraordinary secret. Minna loves Séraphitüs as a man, while Wilfrid loves this same being as a woman named Séraphîta. In reality, Séraphitüs-Séraphîta is a perfect androgyne, representing the ideal of humanity through the mystical doctrines of Emanuel Swedenborg. Unlike Balzac's realistic works, this story explores the fantastic and supernatural to illuminate profound philosophical themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9raph%C3%AEta Release date is 2005-09-07 Produced by John Bickers, and Dagny, and David Widger Original publication data not identified France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1432 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1432 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133045.0 1432