Cabinet for sentimental trivial literature

The cabinet for sentimental trivial literature in Solothurn ( Switzerland ) is a library and museum dedicated to trivial literature with an emphasis on sentimental works by or for women of the 19th century .

The cabinet was founded in 1996 by the journalist Lotte Ravicini-Tschumi as a foundation and comprises around 1,800 volumes (as of 2005). It mainly collects German-language love , adventure and homeland novels , girls' literature and related things. The old stock of several hundred volumes mainly includes works from the 19th century.

literature

• Lotte Ravicini, Cecile Eggenschwiler: Cabinet for sentimental trivial literature, Solothurn . In: Zurich Central Library (Ed.): Handbook of the historical book holdings in Switzerland . tape 2 . Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 2011, ISBN 978-3-487-14585-3 , p. 348–349 ( PDF file on the Zurich Central Library website; 3.48 MB ).

Web links

• Official website
• Art and kitsch in a house with history in the NZZ on January 15, 2002. Accessed October 5, 2015.

Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '27.41 "  N , 7 ° 32' 21.17"  E ; CH1903:  607621  /  228524