Author: Barbara BurnsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781781882702
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Wilhelm Meinhold, 'The Amber Witch'. Translated by Lady Duff Gordon
Author: Barbara BurnsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781781882702
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Wilhelm Meinhold, 'the Amber Witch'. Translated by Lady Duff Gordon
Author: Barbara BurnsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781781882726
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Amber Witch. Translated from the German by Lady Duff Gordon. [With an Introduction by Henry Morley.].
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Author: Wilhelm MEINHOLDWilhelm Meinhold, 'The Amber Witch'. Translated by Lady Duff Gordon
Author: Barbara BurnsPublisher: MHRA
ISBN: 1781880956
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Wilhelm Meinhold's Gothic romance Maria Schweidler: Die Bernsteinhexe (1844) was a seminal German text in the literary landscape of Victorian England. The 1846 English translation by Lady Duff Gordon, entitled The Amber Witch, enjoyed widespread popular success, and Meinhold's suspenseful tale of a guileless young woman, unjustly accused of witchcraft, was hailed as the leading German novel of its day. Written in the style of a seventeenth-century chronicle, the story appealed to a readership which identified in Meinhold's work echoes of Daniel Defoe, Oliver Goldsmith and Walter Scott. This volume makes available for the first time in a critical edition a literary translation which transformed the German text into a cult classic in English, and suggests ways in which this work resonated with trends in Victorian culture. Duff Gordon's accomplished rendering of what was perceived as an untranslatable text made Meinhold's novel accessible to new generations of readers. Affording an insight into the devastation of the Thirty Years' War and the superstition and miscarriages of justice which marked the peak of the witch-hunting period in Early Modern Europe, this translation should generate continuing momentum and impact for Meinhold's original German novel.
The Amber Witch; A Romance. Translated by Lady Duff Gordon
Author: Wilhelm MeinholdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Witchcraft
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
The Amber Witch ... Translated by Lady Duff Gordon. Edited, with an Introduction, by Joseph Jacobs, and Illustrated by P. Burne-Jones
Author: Wilhelm MEINHOLDAmber Witch
Author: Wilhelm MeinholdThe Amber Witch
Author: Wilhelm MeinholdPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548092818
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The Amber Witch is a German novel published by Wilhelm Meinhold in 1838. Its German title is Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe. The novel was originally published as a literary hoax which purported to be an actual 17th-century chronicle. Meinhold later admitted to the hoax but had some difficulty in proving that he was its author. In 1844, it was published in Britain as The Amber Witch in two English translations: one by E. A. Friedlander and another, more enduring, translation by Lucie, Lady Duff-Gordon. Lady Duff Gordon's translation was very popular with the Victorians and went through numerous editions, including a luxurious one in 1895 illustrated by Philip Burne-Jones. The novel was a favourite of Oscar Wilde's when he was a boy, and in 1861 it was made into an opera, The Amber Witch, composed by William Vincent Wallace. Wallace's opera has faded into obscurity, but the novel on which it was based has continued to be republished, both on its own and in anthologies. The story is set during the Thirty Years' War. The purported author, Reverend Abraham Schweidler, almost loses his only child, Maria, to a plot by a rejected suitor, Sheriff Appelmann, who has accused Maria of practicing witchcraft. In this he was aided by an evil and jealous woman of the neighborhood. After a trial and under threat of the most dire torture, Maria, wholly innocent of the crime, confesses. While on her way to the stake, she is rescued by a courageous young nobleman who loves her and who exposes the evil plot against her.
Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch ... Printed from an imperfect manuscript by her father Abraham Schweidler ... Edited [or rather, written] by W. Meinhold ... Translated ... by Lady Duff Gordon
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Author: Abraham SCHWEIDLERMary Schweidler, the Amber Witch
Author: Wilhelm MeinholdPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528792033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
“Mary Schweidler, the Amber Witch” is an 1838 novel by Wilhelm Meinhold, originally published in German and translated into English by Lady Duff-Gordon. Initially published as a hoax claiming to be a 17th-century account of witchcraft, Meinhold eventually confessed to the deceit but encountered significant trouble when trying to prove that he actually wrote the book. Set during the Thirty Years War, the plot revolves around the story of a pastor, whose only daughter, Maria, has been accused of practicing witchcraft by a rejected suitor. What follows is a tale of heart-break, jealousy and innocence. Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this vintage novel now in a brand new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.