Amalie Schoppe

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Amalie Schoppe
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Emma Sophie Katharina Amalia Schoppe (born October 9, 1791 in Burg auf Fehmarn ; † September 25, 1858 in Schenectady , New York , United States) was a German writer who also used the pseudonyms Adalbert von Schonen , Amalia and Marie . She is primarily known as an author of books for children and young people, but has also written numerous historical novels. Her complete works comprise 200 volumes.

Life

Amalie Weise was born as the daughter of the doctor Friedrich Wilhelm Weise. When her father died in 1798, she came to live with an uncle in Hamburg , until her mother entered into a second marriage in 1802 with the Hamburg merchant Johann Georg Burmeister. In her youth, Amalie Schoppe was mainly concerned with languages ​​and medicine .

In 1814 she married the future lawyer Friedrich Heinrich Schoppe, with whom she had three sons. After the untimely death of her husband in 1829, she provided for the family's maintenance through her lively literary activity. For a time she ran an educational institution for girls in Hamburg together with Fanny Tarnow .

She was friends with Rosa Maria Assing , Justinus Kerner and Adelbert von Chamisso , also took care of the young poet Friedrich Hebbel and found him patrons who enabled him to study. From 1827 to 1846 she published the Pariser Modeblätter , which also contained literary contributions. She was also an employee of numerous magazines and from 1831 to 1839 editor of the youth magazine Iduna . From 1842 to 1845 she lived in Jena , then again in Hamburg. In 1851 she moved to live with her son in the United States and died in Schenectady at the age of 66.

The Amalie-Schoppe-Weg in Hamburg-Barmbek-Nord , in Barmstedt and in Burg (Fehmarn) was named an Amalie-Schoppe-Strasse after Schoppe .

Works

Three Norns under Yggdrasil water the roots of the tree with water from the primeval well. On top of the tree sits the nameless eagle and the squirrel Ratatöskr runs along the trunk (from "The Heroes and Legends of the North or The Book of Legends" by Amalia Schoppe, 1832)
  • The gods of the north or the book of sagas (1822)
  • Hold Family Evening Hours (1823)
  • Eugenie. A conversation piece (1824)
  • Life pictures or Franziska and Sophie. Novel in letters, especially for women and virgins (1824, 2 volumes)
  • The new Armida (novel, 1824)
  • Happiness out of sorrow (novel, 1825, 2 volumes)
  • Paths of Destiny (historical novel, 1825, 3 volumes)
  • The Orphans (novel, 1825, 2 volumes, digitized version )
  • Antony or love and renunciation (novel, 1826)
  • The Ehrenstein family (novel, 1826)
  • Stories (1826)
  • Tales from the present and the past (1826)
  • New stories and fairy tales for mind and heart (1826)
  • The story evenings in the rectory (1826, 2 volumes)
  • The mines of Pasco (novel, 3 volumes)
  • Angelika Kaufmann (novella, 1826)
  • The Winter Evenings at Sonnenfels or Tales for the Young (1826)
  • Colorful pictures from youth life in stories, fairy tales and conversations (1827)
  • The homeless (novel, 2 volumes)
  • Ivan or the Revolution of 1762 in St. Petersburg (historical novel, 1827, 2 volumes)
  • Leonhard or the aberrations of pain (novel, 1827)
  • Frederik and Arabelle or the heirs of Kilmarnok (historical novel, 1827/1828, 2 volumes)
  • The emigrants to Brazil or the hut at Gigitonhonha; in addition to other moral and entertaining stories for the beloved youth from 10 to 14 years (Berlin 1828, digitized version )
  • New story evenings for the Sonnenfels family (1828)
  • The Sang King Hiarne . Northern national saga. (With 12 copper engravings, Heidelberg, Engelmann, 1828)
  • Lust and teaching in entertaining fairy tales and stories (1828)
  • Little fairy tale library (1828, 2 volumes)
  • Olivia or The Rivals (novel, 1828)
  • Wilhelm and Elfriede or The Happy Days of Childhood (1828)
  • Waldemar (novel, 1828/1829, 2 volumes)
  • New pictures from youthful life (1829)
  • Tales of the Little Emigrants from Hamburg (1829)
  • The foster mother and her foster daughters (1829)
  • Noble vengeance. Beautiful and Ugly or The Two Sisters (2 stories, 1829)
  • New Nordic sagas (1829)
  • Sontra or painting of souls and morals for the more mature, educated female youth (1829)
  • Astrea or Sacred Teachings in the guise of poetry. A collection of moral narratives. (1930)
  • The picture hall or mind and heart instructive and exhilarating stories (1830)
  • Life of Elisabeth the Holy , Countess of Thuringia. A historical painting from the 13th century (1830)
  • King Eric XIV and his family (historical novel, 1830, 2 volumes)
  • Festival gifts. In moral tales and fairy tales (1830)
  • Heinrich and Marie or The Orphaned Children. A touching and instructive story. (1830)
  • The small pleasure garden or instructive and exhilarating stories (1830)
  • Mathilde or love above everything (novel, 1830)
  • The heroes and gods of the north, or: The Book of Legends , Berlin 1832 ( digitized version )
  • Marie or love pictures (Roman, 1832)
  • Florindo and Corralina or The Two Little Savoyards (1833)
  • Folk tales and stories (1833)
  • Folk tales, fairy tales and legends from Northern Germany (1833)
  • Letter tray for women (1834)
  • Celebrations or fairy tales and stories (1834)
  • Light and shadow or images and events from youthful life (1834)
  • Colorful series or instructive and entertaining stories from the youth world (1834)
  • Roses and Thorns, Collected or Educational and Entertaining Tales (1834)
  • Little treasure chest (1835)
  • The two little tightrope walkers or the miraculous fates of two children (1835)
  • The colonists (on New Holland) (novel, 1836, 2 volumes)
  • Letter holder for the youth (1836)
  • Thought sheets from youth, in instructive stories and fairy tales (1836)
  • Tales for my daughters (1837)
  • Anna Lapukhin (historical novel, 1837, 2 volumes)
  • Stagecoach and walking stick or Strange Journeys of Mr. Reinhard and his son Theodor (1837)
  • The Lost (novel, 1837)
  • Timeless (short stories and short stories, 1837, 2 volumes)
  • Cyanen (short stories and short stories, 1838, 2 volumes)
  • Memories from my life, in small pictures ... (1838, 2 volumes)
  • Two violets (1838)
  • Marat (historical novel, 1838, 2 volumes)
  • Octavia (novel, 1838, 2 volumes)
  • Vittoria (novel, 1838, 3 volumes)
  • Tycho de Brahe (historical novel, 1839, 2 volumes)
  • Christmas gift (1839)
  • Christian Tales (1839)
  • A hundred little stories. The very dearest book for good little children (1839)
  • The Vengeance or Leash Weaver of Segovia (historical novel, 1839, 2 volumes)
  • The Battle of Hemmingstedt (historical novel, 1840, 2 volumes)
  • The limping devil in Hamburg. From the papers of a deceased person (1840, 2 volumes)
  • Elegant gift for a party, a name or a birthday party. At the same time a memorial and reminder booklet for travelers on the Rhine-Main-Moselle and Neckar beaches (1841)
  • The first love of a prince (historical novel, 1841, 2 volumes)
  • Gilles de Raiz ider Due Secrets of Tiffauges Castle (historical novel, 1841)
  • Maria Stuart . Queen of Scotland. (1841)
  • Pierre Vidal the Troubadour (novel, 1841, 2 volumes)
  • Out of hate love (novel, 1842, 2 volumes)
  • Myosotis (short stories and short stories, 1842, 2 volumes) In it: Helene von Tournon. King Robert. The friendship test. Peter Schöffer. A simple story.
  • Pictures from family life (1843, 2 volumes)
    • The cousin. Mother and son. (2 stories)
    • The two sisters. Veronica. (2 stories)
  • Robinson in Australia (1843)
  • The bourgeois household in its entirety (1844). In it: the bourgeois cuisine. The house and economic book .
  • The Jewess (1844, 2 volumes)
  • Polixena (historical novel, 1844, 3 volumes)
  • Tabitha von Geyersberg (historical novel, 1845, 3 volumes)
  • The Prophet. Historical novel from the modern era of North America (1846, 3 volumes)
  • The noblewoman of Kellingdorfen (historical novel, 1847, 2 volumes)
  • The Majorat (novel, 1850)
  • Ferdinand and Isabella. Historical novel 1467-1474 (1851, 2 volumes)
  • The Prince of Viana (historical novel, 1853, 2 volumes)
  • The little orphans or divine ordinances in human fates. Side piece to Heinrich and Marie (1830) (1853)
  • The Holsteiners in America (short stories, 1858)

As an editor / translator

  • Gran Tacano, or the life and deeds of an arch priest. Comical novel, based loosely on the Spanish of Quevedo (1826, 2 volumes)
  • First nourishment for mind and heart ... based on the English of the Early Lessons by M. Edgeworth (1827, 4 volumes)
  • Franz and Marie or The Unhappy Children. A moral narrative based on M. Edgeworth (1829)
  • Youth life or Franz and Rosamunde. Two moral narratives after M. Edgeworth (1829)
  • The beautiful days of childhood in instructive and entertaining stories. After the Engl. Of M. Edgeworth (1829)
  • Trofolium. Three exquisite short stories based on the French by A. de Vigny . (1835)

In cooperation

  • Stories (1820)
  • Aurora (short stories, 1839)

As editor

  • H. Freese: Stories and Little Novels (1826)
  • H. Freese: Four Stories (1828)
  • Iduna. A magazine for the youth of both sexes. (from 1831–1839)
  • Legend library or folk tales, legends and fairy tales of the free imperial cities of Hamburg, Lübeck, Bremen and their surroundings, according to oral traditions and old chronicles , 1832 (new edition in 2 volumes 1851)
  • Album for Theater and Theater Costumes (1842)
  • Cornelia. Paperback for German Women (1843)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Schoppe, Amalie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schoppe, Amalia; Schonen, Adalbert von; Sage, Amalie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1791
PLACE OF BIRTH Castle on Fehmarn
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1858
Place of death New York City