This biography of 19th century Austrian writer Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach examines her childhood in Moravia at Zdislawitz castle, her struggle to become a writer against her aristocratic family's wishes, and her life in Vienna as a recognized and honored writer. The author draws upon published and unpublished sources, including letters and diary entries which were thought to be destroyed, to portray the ambitious and talented von Ebner-Eschenbach as a human being with strengths, weaknesses, quirks, and foibles. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
