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A year of revolutions : Fanny Lewald's recollections of 1848
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A year of revolutions : Fanny Lewald's recollections of 1848

Author: Fanny Lewald; Hanna Ballin Lewis
Publisher: Providence, R.I. : Berghahn Books, 1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Lewald (1811-1889), the best-selling German woman writer in the nineteenth century, proved a keen and perceptive observer of the social, artistic, and political life of her times, of which these Recollections offer an excellent example. Written from a woman's perspective, this firsthand account of the revolutions in both Germany and France must be considered a unique document. It is further enhanced by her detailed  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Fanny Lewald; Fanny Lewald
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Fanny Lewald; Hanna Ballin Lewis
ISBN: 1571810994 9781571810991
OCLC Number: 35723568
Notes: "This translation contains almost all of the 1850 edition of Erinnerungen aus dem Jahre 1848 ..."--Translator's note.
Description: 164 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: 1. The Journey from Oldenburg to Paris --
2. March in the French Republic --
3. Berlin, Spring 1848 --
4. Summer in Hamburg and Helgoland --
5. Frankfurt am Main, October 1848 --
6. Berlin in November and December 1848.
Other Titles: Erinnerungen aus dem Jahre 1848.
Fanny Lewald's recollections of 1848
Recollections of 1848
Responsibility: translated, edited, and annotated by Hanna Ballin Lewis.

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Lewald (1811-1889), the best-selling German woman writer in the nineteenth century, proved akeen and perceptive observer of the social, artistic, and political life of her times, of which these  Read more...

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