Viola Pisani

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Viola Pisani is a central fictional character in Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s occult novel "Zanoni," portrayed as an innocent and devoted young woman whose love challenges the boundaries between mortality and immortality.

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Viola Pisani canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Zanoni
appearsInGenre occult novel
associatedTheme immortality
love
mortality
sacrifice
spiritual redemption
authorNationality British
centuryOfCreation 19th century
characterTrait devoted
innocent
loving
pious
self-sacrificing
contrastsWith Zanoni (immortal adept)
linked to: Zanoni (character)
countryOfOriginWork United Kingdom
createdBy Edward Bulwer-Lytton
familyName Pisani
firstAppearance Zanoni
gender female
givenName Viola
hasFictionalStatus mortal human
hasRomanticRelationshipWith Zanoni
historicalContextOfStory French Revolution
languageOfWork English
loveInterestOf Zanoni
medium prose literature
narrativeFunction catalyst for Zanoni’s sacrifice
embodies human mortality
tests the limits of Zanoni’s immortality
nationalityInFiction Italian
occupationInFiction opera singer
singer
parent Pisani (her father)
publicationYearOfFirstAppearance 1842
publisherOfFirstAppearance Saunders and Otley
relatedTo Pisani (her father)
religionInFiction Christianity
roleInWork central character
protagonist
setIn France
Naples
symbolizes pure human love
the redemptive power of sacrifice
workType character in a novel

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Zanoni mainCharacter Viola Pisani
Zanoni loveInterest Viola Pisani
subject linked to: Zanoni (character)
Book VII (Zanoni) hasMainWorkCharacter Viola Pisani
subject linked to: Book VII