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

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