St. Leon (novel)
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St. Leon: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century (1799) is eighteenth-century British philosopher William Godwin's second novel.
The novel takes place during the Protestant Reformation and tells the tale of a penurious noble who finds the philosopher's stone and finds an elixir of immortality. Unbounded wealth and immortality become the cause of of St. Leon's downfall and turn him into a solitary loner, far removed from society. St. Leon examines the problems faced by a man eager to help humanity but whose efforts are checked by human beliefs and ignorance.[1]
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- ^ Summary made from the Broadview Edition of St. Leon, edited by William Brewer, copyright 2006.
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