Hedwig Courths-Mahler (1867–1950)
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Obras de Hedwig Courths-Mahler
Südamed elutormis : [romaan] 4 copias
Zwei Frauen / Um Diamanten und Perlen / Die Flucht vor der Ehe. Drei Romane in einem Band. (1996) 4 copias
Kärlekens irrgångar 4 copias
Arme kleine Anni 3 copias
Liselotte's huwelijk 3 copias
Der verhängnisvolle Brief / Die Menschen nennen es Liebe / Die Adoptivtochter. Drei Romane in einem Band. (1995) 3 copias
Ontrouw 3 copias
Gerlinde is onschuldig 3 copias
Versmaad 2 copias
"Gilda" - statek szczęścia 2 copias
Dorrit und ihre Schwester 2 copias
Mein liebes Mädel 2 copias
Seine Indische Ehe 2 copias
Verborgen liefde 2 copias
Auf der Jungfernburg : Roman 2 copias
Sein Kind 2 copias
Jag vill : Roman 2 copias
Gravin Pia 2 copias
Des anderen Ehre 2 copias
Het verloren vertrouwen 2 copias
Opfer der Liebe / Der verlorene Ring / Das Glück steht am Wege. Drei Romane in einem Band. (1996) 2 copias
Hans Ritter en zijn vrouw 2 copias
Alles voor Dorothy 2 copias
Magdala Önfeláldozása 2 copias
Add nekem a szivedet 2 copias
Die Perlenschnur 2 copias
Schwester Marlens Geheimnis 2 copias
Die Geschwister ( um 1924 ) 2 copias
Ebaabikaasa : [romaan] 2 copias
Wie werpt de eerste steen ? 2 copias
Maja's huwelijk 2 copias
Zijn Indische vrouw 2 copias
Samenzwering in volle zee 2 copias
Ruths stiefzuster 2 copias
Wat is dan toch liefde 2 copias
Az örökség 2 copias
Dorrit en haar zuster 2 copias
Tajemnica bezimiennej 1 copia
De mooie secretaresse 1 copia
Krásná neznámá 1 copia
Las joyas de Miss Daisy 1 copia
Swietosc serca 1 copia
Rakkauden umpisokkeloissa 1 copia
Hedwig Courths-Mahler - Folge 171: Nun bist du endlich mein - 2. Teil (German Edition) (2017) 1 copia
Wo die Liebe auf dich wartet: Rote Rosen & Das ist der Liebe Zaubermacht. Zwei Romane in einem Band (2017) 1 copia
Haar recht op liefde 1 copia
V poutech cizí viny : Román 1 copia
Die schöne Melusine : Roman. 1 copia
Liefde en plicht 1 copia
Zonder liefde geen geluk 1 copia
Een band voor het leven 1 copia
Peter Ravenports dochter 1 copia
Von welcher Art bist du? 1 copia
Er bloeit geluk 1 copia
Mijn grote liefde 1 copia
Ongestoord geluk 1 copia
Gonda 1 copia
Het noodlot der liefde 1 copia
Wat komt er van Lily terecht ? 1 copia
Hedwig Courths-Mahler - Folge 179: Dich muss ich lieben immerdar - 2. Teil (German Edition) (2017) 1 copia
Erika 1 copia
Met vuur gespeeld 1 copia
Liefde en haat 1 copia
Eindelijk verenigd 1 copia
Lang is de weg 1 copia
Een andere zal je kussen 1 copia
Onze weg leidt naar omhoog 1 copia
Vergelding door liefde 1 copia
De eenzame 1 copia
Trouw tot in de dood 1 copia
Anita's jonge liefde 1 copia
Een leugen om bestwil 1 copia
Feenhände 1 copia
Twee harten vinden elkaar 1 copia
Ein deutsches Mädchen 1 copia
Armastus ei kustu : [romaan] 1 copia
Das Rätsel um Valerie 1 copia
Die heimlich Vermählten 1 copia
Judys Schwur 1 copia
Unser Weg ging hinauf 1 copia
Von welcher Art bist du? Roman 1 copia
Wenn zwei sich lieben roman 1 copia
Die drei Schwestern Randolph 1 copia
Fräulein Domina 1 copia
Seine Mündel 1 copia
Versöhnt 1 copia
Verstehen heißt verzeihen 1 copia
Der Müßiggänger 1 copia
Des Herzens süße Not 1 copia
Der Stille See 1 copia
Das verschwundene Dokument / Der Scheingemahl / Rote Rosen. Drei Romane in einem Band. (2000) 1 copia
Vergangenheit 1 copia
Lady Gwendolyns Ebenbild 1 copia
Erika und der Einbrecher 1 copia
Flucht in den Frieden 1 copia
Frau Juttas Befreiung 1 copia
Frau Majas Glück 1 copia
Helen Jungs Liebe 1 copia
Die Stellvertreterin 1 copia
Ich glaube an Dich 1 copia
Mein liebes Mädel 1 copia
Meine Käthe 1 copia
O Du mein Glück 1 copia
Ohne Dich kein Glück 1 copia
Die Liebe höret nimmer auf 1 copia
Willst Du Dein Herz mir schenken 1 copia
Wo ist Eva? 1 copia
Die Kraft der Liebe 1 copia
Scheinehe 1 copia
Schweig still, mein Herz 1 copia
Daniela, ich suche Dich 1 copia
Gonoszok és tiszták 1 copia
Die rettende Rose 1 copia
Wie lieb ich Dich 1 copia
Ein Schritt vom Wege 1 copia
A gyöngysor regény 1 copia
I orätt jordmån : roman 1 copia
"Den av eder som..." : Roman 1 copia
De avonturier 1 copia
Betrogene Liebe 1 copia
Arbeit Adelt 1 copia
Annedores Vormund 1 copia
Seine Frau 1 copia
Friede Sörrensen : Roman 1 copia
Was wird aus Lori ? : Roman 1 copia
Dorrit in Gefahr (Band 1 und 2) 1 copia
O Du Jungfer Königin; Roman 1 copia
Du--meine Welt Roman 1 copia
Das Halsband / Trotz allem lieb' ich dich / Die schöne Unbekannte. Drei Bestseller in einem Band. (1994) 1 copia
Heidelerche Band 1 und 2 1 copia
Halsbandet 1 copia
Ur första giftet 1 copia
Liselottes giftermål 1 copia
Der Wildfang 1 copia
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- Courths-Mahler, Ernestine Friederike Elisabeth
- Otros nombres
- Relham
Brand, H.
Haag, Gonda
Bernd, Rose
Schmidt, Ernestine Friederike Elisabeth (geboren)
Brand, Hedwig - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1867-02-18
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1950-11-26
- Lugar de sepultura
- Rottach-Egern, Deutschland
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Deutschland
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Nebra, Unstrut, Germany
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Rottach-Egern, Germany
- Lugares de residencia
- Berlin, Germany
- Ocupaciones
- writer
novelist
romance novelist - Relaciones
- Birkner, Friede (Tochter)
Margarete Elzer (Tochter) - Biografía breve
- Hedwig Courths-Mahler was born Ernestine Friederike Elisabeth Mahler in Nebra, Germany. Her mother was Henriette Mahler and her alleged father was a German soldier named Ernst Schmidt, who died before she was born. She was raised in poverty by foster parents, and left school early. She worked at a variety of jobs, such as salesgirl and domestic servant, before beginning her career as a writer. In 1889 in Leipzig, she married Fritz Courths, a painter with whom she had two daughters. In 1904, her first novel, Light and Shadow, was serialized in a periodical. She went on to become an extremely prolific and successful author of light romantic fiction and tearjerkers, producing on average four books each year, for a total of 208. She was the most popular writer in Germany between the two world wars. A number of her stories were adapted as films or plays. Her daughters Margarete Elzer and Elfriede Birkner also became successful writers.
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Set in a vague late 19thC, early 20thC Bavaria, Zur linken Hand getraut takes place among the lofty German nobility. Upper-class Dukes and Counts fall in love with lower-born women, and vice versa, and one generation later their offspring fall in love with each other, and the settings are all pretty, and so are the gowns.
This thing was never going to appeal to me: I don't object to details or aspects of the book, but to its fundamental approach. At its core, this book is day-dreamy wish-fulfilment, and saccharine to the exclusion of all else. It's surface-oriented only, concerned with how pretty or sweet the plot and characters can be made to feel. I generally avoid that kind of media.
For one thing, almost all the romantic appeal lies in the outer trappings of wealth and love: vast landholdings, sled-rides through snowy Bavaria, upper-class balls, pretty gowns, dramatic revelations, happy couples looking lovingly into each other's eyes. Love is a stormy emotion in one's soul that is kept a secret, though reliably conveyed through blushes and meaningful glances. Until, of course, in one dramatic conversation the pair not only reveals their mutual attraction but also decides to get married.
For another, none of the so-called characters rise above fairy-tale stock characters: the men are all interchangeably noble and kind in a nondescript way; the women are all interchangeably demure and nurturing, have pretty smiles, feel happy when they can dote on their siblings/husbands, and are generally good with children. Evil women are gossipy and nasty to children, again in an unmotivated and nondescript way.
More generally, all of this means that the book's outlook is one of unquestioned naivety, a sugary-sweet dreamworld where gossip and social disapproval of one's love interest are the worst that stock characters can do to each other. And I simply cannot suspend my disbelief that much. The best way I can think of to describe this dreck is that it's the written equivalent of those horrible 1950s Sissi movies (imdb link), the ones with Romy Schneider: they, too, rely entirely on day-dreamy wish-fulfilment about gowns and wealth, and fairy tale stock characters.
I read this because Courths-Mahler is my mother's favourite author. I knew roughly what to expect going in: that it'd be atrocious. So it was, but it was also mercifully short. I've done my filial duty now, and I'll never have to read this author again.… (más)