Ada von Gersdorff

Ada von Gersdorff ( pseudonym : Harry von Gersdorff , name in second marriage: Ada von Maltzahn ; * May 14, 1854 in Czarnikau / Posen as Ada von Knobloch ; † May 10, 1922 in Swinoujscie ) was a German writer .

Life

Ada von Gersdorff came from the von Knobloch noble family ; Her father was Arthur von Knobloch , the district administrator and later majorate in the East Prussian Sudnicken , her mother Ada was a daughter of the Prussian cavalry general Gustav Adolf von Schlemüller . Ada von Gersdorff grew up in Posen and was tutored by private tutors . In 1873 she married the Prussian captain Gero von Gersdorff ; the marriage was divorced in 1878 . Ada von Gersdorff returned with her son to her parents in East Prussia . They traveled extensively and perverse in Berlin in courtly circles. In 1894 she got her second marriage to baron Ludolf Hellmuth von Maltzahn . After he died in 1904, she was based in Berlin, from 1906 in Wilmersdorf and finally in Swinoujscie .

Ada von Gersdorff was a successful author of numerous novels and stories , which are often set in court or military milieu .

Works

• The mistress of Schönwerth , Berlin 1889
• Our gracious lord! , Berlin 1890
• Wasted! , Berlin 1890
• Lieutenants-Liebe , Berlin 1892
• An experiment , Berlin 1893
• The greatest good , Leipzig 1893
• Lost love , Berlin 1893
• A bad person , Stuttgart 1894
• Wishes achieved , Berlin
  • 1 (1895)
  • 2 (1895)
• A thousand thalers , Stuttgart 1895
• On the job market , Dresden
  • 1 (1896)
  • 2 (1896)
• Difficult question , Stuttgart 1896
• Highborn! , Berlin
  • 1 (1897)
  • 2 (1897)
  • 3 (1897)
• Idealism or folly? , Berlin 1897
• On dangerous paths , Berlin
  • 1 (1898)
  • 2 (1898)
  • 3 (1898)
• Maria Sabina Lindentrost , Berlin 1898
• Sinner , Berlin 1898
• The father's fault , Berlin
  • 1 (1898)
  • 2 (1898)
• Sellable value , Berlin
  • 1 (1898)
  • 2 (1898)
  • 3 (1898)
• By the grace of death , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1898
• Out of boredom , Berlin 1899
• Curse of talent , Berlin
  • 1 (1899)
  • 2 (1899)
  • 3 (1899)
• For your honor , Berlin 1899
• Ludowika , Dresden
  • 1 (1899)
  • 2 (1899)
• "No" , Berlin 1899
• A "strange" person! Representative of the housewife , Berlin 1899
• Flowers in the rubble , Berlin
  • 1 (1900)
  • 2 (1900)
• Words of Salvation , Berlin
  • 1 (1900)
  • 2 (1900)
• Obeying need , Berlin 1900
• At any price , Berlin 1900
• Saved , Berlin 1901
• Earthly Providence , Berlin
  • 1 (1901)
  • 2 (1901)
• Mysterious guilt , Dresden
  • 1 (1901)
  • 2 (1901)
• Clear the path! , Dresden
  • 1 (1902)
  • 2 (1902)
• Through battle to the crown , Berlin 1902
• Against his will , Dresden 1902
• Proud hearts , Berlin 1903
• One will - one way , Stuttgart [u. a.] 1903
• Haß , Dresden 1904
• Entrusted property , Dresden 1906
• A princely dream , Dresden 1908
• Anna-Monika's moods , Dresden 1909
• Cheated and happy , Berlin [u. a.] 1909
• Pia , Berlin [a. a.] 1909
• Defeated! , Dresden 1910
• The picture for Saïs , Berlin 1910
• Gerda Gerovius , Dresden 1910
• Queen Mother , Berlin [a. a.] 1910
• Paradise on earth , Stuttgart 1910
• Eva, my wife , Dresden 1912
• "Your Highness!" , Berlin [u. a.] 1913
• Family tree and tree of life , Leipzig 1913
• At the crossroads , Leipzig 1914
• From the papers of an impostor , Leipzig 1914
• The endurance test. Countess Hochmut , Berlin [a. a.] 1914
• Luck and Blessings , Stuttgart 1914
• A coward , Berlin 1915
• The war as an educator , Leipzig 1915
• On the shore of oblivion , Berlin 1916
• Life shackles , Berlin [u. a.] 1916
• The power of love , Leipzig 1916
• The daughter of the regiment , Berlin 1916
• U 21 , Leipzig 1916
• Goldgrube manor , Dresden 1917
• Begging bread , Leipzig 1918
• I have to win! , Leipzig 1919
• Freiherrenhaus and department store , Dresden 1920
• Little Queen , Leipzig 1920
• The secret of Totenmoor , Leipzig 1921

Web links

• Ada von Gersdorff in the lexicon "Autobiographies of Women" by Gudrun Wedel (p. 268)