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_aEbner-Eschenbach, Marie von, _d1830-1916 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe two countesses |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aZwei Comtessen. English | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2025-08-28 | ||
| 508 | _aRichard Illner, Andrew Scott and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) | ||
| 520 | _a"The two countesses" by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach is a novel written in the late 19th century. It juxtaposes two aristocratic women—impulsive, witty Muschi and reflective, principled Paula—each facing courtship, convention, and the pull between love and social ambition within the Austro-Hungarian nobility. Expect lively social comedy, sharp character sketches, and probing questions about integrity, vanity, and how marriages are made. The beginning of the novel alternates between Countess Muschi’s breezy letters and Countess Paula’s earnest memoirs. Muschi, bored at Sebenberg, sizes up a visiting Swabian suitor, spars with his pedantry, stages pranks and hunts, then deftly redirects his proposal to her demure friend Clara Aarheim—securing their engagement while revealing her own restless standards. In contrast, Paula recalls a sheltered upbringing, a crisis of conscience that ended her enthusiasm for hunting, and a deepening intellectual life (sparked by Don Quixote) as her family steers her toward the proud Count Taxen. At soirées she encounters the idealistic, unlucky Baron Schwarzburg, whose integrity captivates her, even as gossip swirls and her parents press the advantageous match with Taxen. The opening closes with Paula refusing to feign affection for the approved suitor and bracing for a family confrontation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cNew York: Cassell Publishing Company, 1893 |
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| 653 | _aAustrian fiction -- Translations into English | ||
| 700 | 1 | _aWaugh, Ellen | |
| 830 | 0 | _aZwei Comtessen. English | |
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