Amanda Hoppe-Seyler

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Amanda Hoppe-Seyler (born March 22, 1819 in Freyburg (Unstrut) ; † 1900) was a German writer who published under the pseudonym Aunt Amanda in the 19th century .

Life

Hoppe was adopted as an orphan by her brother-in-law G. Seyler. She was the sister of the doctor and chemist Felix Hoppe-Seyler .

Hoppe was a writer and trained as a teacher between 1844 and 1845. Later she became the head of a secondary school for girls in Greifswald. Around 1898 she lived in Dresden. After 1850, Amanda Hoppe-Seyler published almost exclusively under her pseudonym Aunt Amanda . In addition to some children's writings, she publishes other stories for children and young people and also several writings for adults. She also worked on Thekla von Gumpert's girls' magazines .

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A kitten story

content

Amanda Hoppe-Seyler's story "Eine Kittengeschichte" is about a kitten who broke a potty while snacking on milk and then has to leave home as a punishment.

The story takes place in Freiburg. The cats live in a house with four children and their aunt Elsbeth, who likes to read stories to the children. The children's aunt doesn't like Mrs. Kitty's kittens because the little cats cause too much trouble in the house. When one of the kittens, the white one, secretly nibbles milk and breaks the pot in which the milk is located, Elsbeth sees the right opportunity to get rid of the kitten. It is supposed to be drowned in the Unstrut, a Thuringian river. When the mother of the kittens learns what to do with her child, she advises the kitten to run away and find a new home.

After the kitten has thanked a nice woman who at least provided him with some food, it goes to sleep on a tree. At night it dreams of a kingdom where mice are kept in captivity. Together with a beautiful black cat, it rules the kingdom. When the kitten wakes up and realizes that it was only dreaming, it sets off again to look for a new place to stay. It arrives at a castle where it is picked up by the mistress of the castle, a princess. The kitten is called Miss Kitten by the princess. Miss Kitten serves her mistress well and the princess is very pleased with her and enjoys the kitten's presence.

After the kitten meets a tomcat, their wedding is announced across the country.

At the end of the story it is described that nowadays the princess, the prince, Miss Kitten and her husband no longer live in the castle. But the great-grandchildren of Miss Kitten still live in the castle and their great-great-granddaughter, a cat with the beautiful white fur and a Mr. Kater are the rulers of all cats and mice.

classification

In addition to the kitten story, which is a story for small children, Amanda Hoppe-Seyler published other animal stories, including The story of the clever little mouse . The reading book Der kleine Frieder , which contains children's stories and fairy tales, some of which are written in prose and some in rhyme, is also aimed at small children . The animal stories are representative of the Romantic era, as they slide over from realistic storytelling to the world of fairy tales.

Amanda Hoppe-Seyler wrote the book Maria von Schwaben for a young female audience . Historical-romantic story from the 13th century.

Literary works

Children's and young people's literature

  • A Kitten Story (1846)
  • Little Frieder (1847)
  • Red Bird and Blue Bird (1848)
  • The story of the clever little mouse (1849)
  • A Bunny Story (2nd edition around 1850)
  • Maria of Swabia. Historical-romantic story from the 13th century, dedicated to her godmother Maria (1850)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00377397
  2. ^ Otto Brunken, Bettina Hurrelmann, Klaus-Ulrich Pech: Handbook for children's and youth literature. From 1800 to 1850 . Springer-Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, p. 1466 .
  3. ↑ Amanda Hoppe-Seyler: A Kitten Story . 7th edition. Winckelmann & Sons, Berlin 1855.
  4. ^ Otto Brunken, Bettina Hurrelmann, Klaus-Ulrich Pech: Handbook for children's and youth literature. From 1800 to 1850 . Springer-Verlag, Stuttgart 1998, p. 1466-1469 .
personal data
SURNAME Hoppe-Seyler, Amanda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amanda, aunt (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Freyburg (Unstrut)
DATE OF DEATH 1900