Formosante

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Formosante is the beautiful and virtuous Babylonian princess who serves as the heroine of Voltaire’s philosophical tale "La Princesse de Babylone."

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instanceOf fictional character
literary character
princess
protagonist
appearsIn La Princesse de Babylone
associatedWithAuthor Voltaire
characterTrait beautiful
courageous
intelligent
noble
virtuous
creator Voltaire
fictionalUniverse La Princesse de Babylone
firstPublicationOfWork 1768
gender female
languageOfWork French
literaryPeriod Age of Enlightenment
surface form: Enlightenment
literaryTradition French Enlightenment literature
medium prose fiction
narrativeFunction vehicle for philosophical ideas
nationality Babylonian
role heroine
setting Babylon
ancient Mesopotamia
themeInvolvingCharacter critique of social conventions
love
tolerance
virtue
title La Princesse de Babylone
surface form: Princess of Babylon
workGenre conte philosophique
philosophical tale

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