Rosicrucian novel by the famous English writer of the 19th century. - one of the most profound, noble, mysterious and exciting works of English literature, in which the Faustian theme sounds. The young Englishman Glyndon, tormented by a thirst for knowledge of the world's secrets, meets on his life's path two Initiates - Zanoni and Maynur, who open the way for him to knowledge of these secrets The central event of the novel is Glindon's meeting with a supersensible being, the so-called Guardian of the Threshold of the spiritual world, or the Phantom. The complex and dramatic relationship between Zanoni, Glindon and the woman they both love unfolds against the backdrop of the bloody events of the Great French Revolution.