| Author |
Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-1913 |
| Title |
Hadrian the Seventh
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| Alternate Title |
Hadrian the 7th
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| Alternate Title |
Hadrian VII
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| Original Publication |
United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus,1904.
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 72.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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| Credits |
Tim Lindell, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
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| Summary |
"Hadrian the Seventh" by Frederick Rolfe is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story follows the life of George Arthur Rose, a complex character filled with artistic aspirations and emotional turmoil, who unexpectedly finds himself declared the Pope of the Catholic Church, which leads to reflections on faith, power, and personal strife. The opening of the novel presents George Arthur Rose, a writer grappling with physical ailments and a sense of overwhelming fatigue as he struggles to create. He is characterized by his loneliness, his love for his cat Flavio, and a deep-seated critique of society and its failures. While navigating through his pain and the burdens of his past, Rose reflects on his vocation, relationships, and the role of art in a troubling world. A palpable sense of melancholia permeates the narrative as he contemplates the disparity between his lofty ideals and harsh realities, setting an introspective tone for the rest of the tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
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| Subject |
Humorous stories
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| Subject |
Authors -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction
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| Subject |
Popes -- Fiction
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
67369 |
| Release Date |
Feb 10, 2022 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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