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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Label Occurrences
Viola Pisani canonical 3

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Statements (48)

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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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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