![]() ![]() It's also Fitzgerald at her best - elegant, inventive, hilarious, unsparing. 'The Blue Flower is a model of what historical fiction can be at its best - when the radical otherness of other times is not merely acknowledged but made integral to the fictional experience. Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780008329686 Number of pages: 320 Weight: 320 g Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm MEDIA REVIEWS ![]() ![]() Her final book, it confirmed Fitzgerald's reputation as one of the finest novelists of the 20th century. 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. His astounded family and friends are amused and disturbed by his betrothal. The year is 1794 and Fritz, passionate, idealistic and brilliant, is seeking his father's permission to announce his engagement to his 'heart's heart', his 'true Philosophy': twelve-year-old Sophie. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist. ![]()
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