Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

© onlinekunstAnnette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797 – 1848), born into an aristocratic, Catholic family in Westphalia, is one of the most important German women writers of the 19th century. She was already 40 years old when she started publishing. Her best known works include the “The Jew’s Beech” and the poem cycle “The Spiritual Year. (list compiled May 2008)

Droste-Hülshoff, Anette von: The Jew's Beach. - London : Oneworld Classics, 2008. - 280 pages,
ISBN 9781847490742
Original title: Die Judenbuche (German)

German Novellas of Realism Vol. 1/ includes The Jew's Beech Tree. - New York : Continuum, 1988. - 318 pages,
ISBN 0-8264031-74

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