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Zanoni is an 1842 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, a story of love and occult aspiration. By way of introduction, the author confesses: "...
Zanoni , first published in 1842, was inspired by a dream. Sir Edward, a Rosicrucian, wrote this engaging, well-researched, novel about the eternal conflict between head and heart, between wisdom and love, played out by the Rosicrucians before the dramatic background of the French Revolution.
Originally published in 1842 and often referred to as " a Rosicrucian novel, " Zanoni by British literary figure Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton rates as a Victorian thriller, love story, and esoteric philosophical treatise rolled into one.
Nov 24, 2011 · Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian brother, cannot fall in love without losing his power of immortality; but he does fall in love with Viola Pisani, a promising young opera singer from Naples, the daughter of Pisani, a misunderstood Italian violinist.
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Feb 4, 2010 · 1862. Topics. English fiction, English literature, Rosicrucians, Occult fiction. Publisher. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott. Collection. lincolncollection; americana. Contributor. Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection. Language. English. Volume. 1. Bound in marbled boards with leather spine and corners. Holograph in ink on second prelim. p.:
Nov 24, 2011 · Zanoni, a timeless Rosicrucian brother, cannot fall in love without losing his power of immortality; but he does fall in love with Viola Pisani, a promising young opera singer from Naples, the daughter of Pisani, a misunderstood Italian violinist.
Zanoni introduced the concept of the wandering, eternal adepts into popular culture, with this tale of tragic love. Bulwer Lytton also wrote the fantasy Vril, The Power of the Coming Race , a prototype for fictions of lost civilizations to come.
Gifted with immortal life, Zanoni has lived since the Chaldean civilisation. To preserve his gift, he cannot fall in love with a mortal. When Zanoni mets Viola, a promising young opera singer from Naples, the daughter of Pisani, a talented but misunderstood Italian violinist, his heart ignites.
But this interests you not, and you are wise in your indifference. Not in the knowledge of things without, but in the perfection of the soul within, lies the empire of man aspiring to be more than...
