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BEKKER (or WOLFF), ELIZABETH (1738–1804)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 661 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEKKER (or See also:WOLFF), See also:ELIZABETH (1738–1804)  , Dutch novelist, was married to See also:Adrian Violff, a Reformed clergyman, but is always known under her See also:maiden name . After the See also:death of her See also:husband in 1777, she resided for some See also:time in See also:France, with her See also:close friend, See also:Agatha Deken . She was exposed to some of the dangers of the See also:French Revolution, and, it is said, escaped the See also:guillotine only by her See also:great presence of mind . In 1795 she returned to See also:Holland, and resided at the See also:Hague till her death . Her novels were written in See also:conjunction with Agatha Deken, and it is somewhat difficult to determine the exact qualities contributed by each . The Historie See also:van See also:William Levend (1785), Historic van Sara Burgerhart (1790), See also:Abraham Blankaart (1787), Cornelie Wildschut (1793–1796), were extremely popular .

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