Project Gutenberg 2013-01-28 Public domain in the USA. 208 Flammarion, Camille 1842 1925 Flammarion, Nicolas Camille Filamaryon, Kamil De Bieler Bieler, de Gambard Myrbach-Rheinfeld, Felician, Freiherr von 1853 1940 Myrbach von Rheinfeld, Felician, Freiherr Myrbach, F. de (Felicien) Myrbach, Felicien de Myrbach, Baron (Felicien) Stetson, Augusta Rice Uranie. English Urania Produced by Greg Bergquist, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Urania" by Camille Flammarion is a novel written in the late 19th century. This work intricately merges themes of astronomy, idealism, and romance through the story of a young man who personifies his ideal muse, Urania, the Muse of Astronomy. The plot explores his awakening emotions and aspirations as he ventures through celestial realms alongside her, highlighting the intersection of science and profound personal longing. At the start of the novel, the protagonist experiences a deeply philosophical and imaginative journey with Urania, who is presented as an ethereal figure rather than a corporeal being. As he engages in astronomical calculations at the Paris Observatory, he becomes enamored with a beautiful statue of the Muse, which ignites a transformative exploration of the cosmos and the nature of existence. His longing for Urania becomes a dualistic quest for both knowledge and love, leading him through vast cosmic vistas that reveal the infinitude of creation and the diverse forms of life beyond Earth. The opening establishes a rich backdrop where the boundaries of science and passion blur, setting the stage for the protagonist's further adventures and philosophical dilemmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41941/41941-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction French fiction -- Translations into English PQ Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 365215 365226 2024-09-17T14:25:27.294536 2023-09-18T09:13:08.265046 text/html text/html 366091 2013-01-28T11:11:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 3149699 2013-01-28T11:13:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 3378889 2024-09-17T14:25:34.414556 application/epub+zip 3383589 2024-09-17T14:25:28.930522 application/epub+zip 219351 2024-09-17T14:25:28.019529 application/epub+zip 3486814 2024-09-17T14:25:38.894500 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3441634 2024-09-17T14:25:33.560501 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291641 2022-09-19T07:49:16.023000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314983 2024-09-17T14:25:26.356533 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 314763 2013-01-28T11:11:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 120439 2013-01-28T11:13:04 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 314697 2013-01-28T11:12:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 120334 2013-01-28T11:13:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 314702 2013-01-28T11:12:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120242 2013-01-28T11:13:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23859 2024-09-17T14:25:39.075471 application/rdf+xml 24300 2024-09-17T14:25:28.207560 image/jpeg 3102 2024-09-17T14:25:28.142551 image/jpeg 3156940 2024-09-17T14:25:27.519569 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia de.wikipedia