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E MARLITT

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 741 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARLITT  ., the See also:pseudonym of See also:EUGENIE See also:JOHN (1825-1887), See also:German novelist, who was See also:born at See also:Arnstadt in Thuringia, the daughter of a See also:merchant, on the 5th of See also:December 1825 . By her musical See also:talent she attracted the See also:notice of the reigning princess of Schwarzburg-See also:Sondershausen, who provided for her training as a See also:singer at the See also:Vienna See also:Conservatoire . After three years' study she made a successful See also:stage debut, but was compelled in consequence of deafness to abandon this career . She then became reader and travelling See also:companion to her patroness, and her See also:life at the See also:court and on her many travels furnished her with material for her novels . In 1863 she resigned her See also:post, and then lived with her See also:brother at Arnstadt until her See also:death on the 22nd of See also:June 1887 . Her first novel, See also:Die zwolf Apostel, was published in the Gartenlaube in 1865 and this was followed in 1866 by Goldelse (23rd ed., 189o), with which she established her See also:literary reputation . Among others of her novels may be mentioned Blaubart (1866) ; Das Geheimnis der See also:alten Mamsell (1867; 13th ed., 1888); Reichsgrafin Gisela (1869; 9th ed., 19o0), Das Heideprinzesschen (1871; 8th ed., 1888) and See also:Im Hause See also:des Kommerzienrats (1877; 5th ed., 1891) . All these See also:works are directed against social prejudices, but, although attractively written, are deficient in higher literary qualities and See also:appeal mostly to juvenile readers . E . See also:Marlitt's Gesammelte Romane and Novellen were published in ro volumes (1888—189o; 2nd ed., 1891—1894), to which is appended a See also:biographical memoir .

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I loved her books and found them entertianing even if they are lacking in some areas. They are great summer reads if you don't want something to long or over your head.
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