Séraphîta
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Séraphîta is a French novel by Honoré de Balzac with themes of androgyny. It was published in the Revue de Paris in 1834. In contrast with the realism of most of the author's best known works, the sto
Illustration from Séraphîta by Édouard Toudouze
Ewelina Hańska
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Eveline Hańska was a Polish noblewoman best known for her marriage to French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Born at the Wierzchownia estate in Volhynia, Hańska married landowner Wacław Hański when she was
Portrait by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1835
One historian compares the Rzewuski estate in Pohrebysche to "a little kingdom".
Hańska's first husband Wacław Hański was more than twenty years older than her.
In her November 1832 letter, Hańska told Honoré de Balzac: "My heart has leapt as I read your works."