Seraphita - The Alkahest

Seraphita - The Alkahest

By Honoré de Balzac
Michael Caine
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Length5h 38m

About this audiobook

The novel begins with two characters cross-country skiing up a mountain, surveying and passing unfathomable chasms. One of these characters is Minna Becker, daughter of a local pastor; the other is a young man named Seraphitus who guides Minna up the slopes and towards and Alpine meadow. Minna quickly falls in love with Seraphitus, whom she believes to be a man, and Seraphitus seemingly loves her in return. Enter Wilfrid, a young gentleman also taken with love for Seraphitus who believes that he is actually a 'she' named Seraphita. Ultimately is it revealed that Seraphitus is a perfect androgyne, being neither male nor female according to the labels of society, with an inherited ability to transcend gender passed down from each of his parents. Gender, therefore, becomes a mark of the labels of humanity, and by following the practices of Swedenborgen, one can rise above their gender and become pure and complete. (Goodreads)

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction
Length5 hrs 38 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 30, 2017
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1CHAPTER I. SERAPHITUS
2CHAPTER II. SERAPHITA
3CHAPTER III. SERAPHITA-SERAPHITUS
4CHAPTER IV. THE CLOUDS OF THE SANCTUARY
5CHAPTER V. FAREWELL
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6CHAPTER VI. THE PATH TO HEAVEN
7CHAPTER VII. THE ASSUMPTION

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