The study is an analysis of the 1925 work through the prism of Camille Flammarion’s philosophical conceptions, especially the theories contained in his astronomical romance Uranie (Urania). The author of the article also examines the protagonist’s ontological status, and arrives at the conclusion that the dreaming Świda represents the “weak” subjectivity which refers to Young Poland’s worldview and practice. The paper also touches the issue of masochism as the paradigm that characterises the most seminal female-male relationships in the novel. This relationship is set contrasted with Urania, idealised by the protagonist, a symbol of Flammarion’s cosmic utopia and an expression of yearning for the order projected by the 19th century.