Sheppard, Elizabeth Sara, 1830-1862

Charles Auchester, Volume 2 (of 2) - 1 online resource : multiple file formats

Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Auchester Release date is 2012-07-16

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"Charles Auchester, Volume 2 (of 2)" by Elizabeth Sara Sheppard is a novel published in 1853. This continuation follows the narrator Auchester's story of the Chevalier Seraphael—an idealized portrait of composer Felix Mendelssohn—and his profound artistic influence on a circle of gifted musicians. Set in England and Germany, the novel explores themes of musical genius, moral guidance, and Jewish cultural identity. Notable for its positive portrayal of Jewish musicality, the book became enormously popular and remained in print for over seventy years. (This is an automatically generated summary.)



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