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Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

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novelist
prose writer
🇦🇹Austria

Baroness Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach née Countess Dubsky was an Austrian writer and a noblewoman. Noted for her psychological novels, she is regarded as one of the most important German-language writers of the latter portion of the 19th century.

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Lifespan
1830 – 1916
Quotes
19
Influenced By
2
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Schloss Zdislawitz
Awards
🏆 honorary degree🏆 Decoration for Art and Science (Austria-Hungary)🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Vienna

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"A defeat borne with pride is also a victory."

#life
life

"None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort."

#life
life

"People who chase after ever greater wealth without taking the time to enjoy it are like hungry people who are forever cooking but never sit down to eat."

#time
time

"Nothing makes us more cowardly and unconscionable than the desire to be loved by everyone."

#love
love

"Indifference of every kind is reprehensible, even indifference towards one’s self."

#war
war

"The moral code which was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for our children."

#family
family

"One of the main goals of self-education is to eradicate that vanity in us without which we would never have been educated."

#knowledge
knowledge

"Happy slaves are the bitterest enemies of freedom"

#freedom
freedom

Works & Publications

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Timeline

  • 1830

    Born

    Birth

  • 1916

    Died

    Death

Influenced By

Thinkers whose ideas shaped Marie's philosophy

William Hazlitt
William HazlittLiterature
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Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail BakuninPhilosophy
influence
82%

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