About Marie Nathusius
Lived 1817 – 1857 (aged 40). Marie Nathusius was a German composer, writer and social worker.
Elizabeth. Translated from the German of Marie Nathusius. By Mrs M A Shyrock, Porter & Coates, Philadelphia, 1891 Marie Nathusius, née Scheele (March 10, 1817, in Magdeburg – December 22, 1857, in Neinstedt) was a German novelist and composer.
Life Her father was the Calvinist parson Friedrich August Scheele. Marie Nathusius grew up in Calbe (Saale). 1841 she married the publisher Philipp von Nathusius (1815–1872). The couple lived in Althaldensleben and later founded in Neinstedt a charitable organization for the disabled (Neinstedter Anstalten). Nathusius had seven children, including the politician Philipp von Nathusius-Ludom (1842–1900) and the theologian Martin von Nathusius (1843-1906). A granddaughter was the novelist Annemarie von Nathusius (1874–1926).
Nathusius was one of the most-read novelists in the second half of the 19th century in Germany. Her bestsellers Tagebuch eines armen Fräuleins, Langenstein und Boblingen and Elisabeth. Eine Geschichte, die nicht mit der Heirat schließt have been translated and published in several countries.
Major works Tagebuch eines armen Fräuleins. Abgedruckt zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung junger Mädchen; 1854 Joachim von Kamern. Ein Lebenslauf; 1854 Langenstein und Boblingen; 1855 Rückerinnerungen aus einem Mädchenleben; 1855 Die alte Jungfer; 1857 Elisabeth. Eine Geschichte, die nicht mit der Heirat schließt; 1858 Die Geschichten von Christfried und Julchen; 1858 Hundert Lieder, geistlich und weltlich, ernsthaft und fröhlich ...; 1865
Translations Luisa von Plettenhaus. The journal of a poor young lady („Tagebuch eines armen Fräuleins“); T. Constable & Co. (Edinburgh), 1854; C.S. Francis & Co. (New York, Boston), 1857 Elizabeth. A story which does not end in marriage („Elisabeth“); Simpkin, Marshall & Co. (London); Grant & Son (Edinburgh), 1860 Step by step. The good first; R. Bentley, London, 1860 Above her station. A story of a young woman's life, übersetzt von Mrs Herman Philip; Alexander Strahan & Co. (Edinburgh), 1859; Hamilton, Adams & Co. (London), 1859; Follett, Foster & Company (New York), 1863 Joachim von Kamern/Diary of a poor young lady („Joachim von Kamern“), übersetzt von Miss Thompson; B. Tauchnitz (Leipzig), 1869; Sampson Low, Son & Marston (London), 1869; C. Reinwald (Paris), 1869 Christfrieds first morning („Christfried“-Serie), aus der Reihe: Little tales for little people, Johnstone, Hunter, Edinburgh, 1870 Katie von Walden. Langenstein and Boblingen („Langenstein und Boblingen“), übersetzt von Mary A. Robinson; American Sunday School Union, 8 & 10 Bills House, New York, 1892
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German writer (1817–1857)
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Marie Nathusius was born on 10 March 1817 in Magdeburg.
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Marie Nathusius died on 22 December 1857 in Neinstedt.
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