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Article: Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach: Leben und Werk.(Review)
- Article from:
- Journal of European Studies
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
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Edith Toegel. New York, Washington DC/Baltimore, Berne, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Vienna, Paris: Peter Lang, 1997. Pp. 150. [pounds]25.00.
As the title suggests, this is a traditional study of the life and works of the important nineteenth-century Austrian writer Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916). This slim volume consists of ten chapters, followed by notes and an extensive bibliography which make up almost a third of the book.
The first chapter goes into von Ebner-Eschenbach's ancestry in some detail and describes her background and lifestyle as typical of the Austrian high nobility. That lifestyle, where summers were spent on the family estate, ...