The Blue Flower
1995 novel by Penelope Fitzgerald / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Blue Flower is the final novel by the British author Penelope Fitzgerald, published in 1995. It is a fictional treatment of the early life and troubled relationships of Friedrich von Hardenberg who, under the pseudonym Novalis, became a foundational figure of German Romanticism.
This article is about the Penelope Fitzgerald novel. For the symbol, see Blue flower.
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Author | Penelope Fitzgerald |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Flamingo[1] |
Publication date | 1995[1] |
Media type | |
Pages | 167[1] |
ISBN | 978-0544359451 |
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First published in hardback by Flamingo, the novel became the first paperback title offered by Mariner Books, then a new imprint of Houghton Mifflin. Mariner Books went on to publish paperback editions of all of Penelope Fitzgerald's books.[2] In 2012, The Observer named The Blue Flower one of "the ten best historical novels".[3]