Bettina von Arnim

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Bettina von Arnim


Born
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
April 04, 1785

Died
January 20, 1859

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Bettina von Arnim (the Countess of Arnim), born Elisabeth Catharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano, was a German writer and novelist.

Bettina (as well: Bettine) Brentano was a writer, publisher, composer, singer, visual artist, an illustrator, patron of young talent, and a social activist. She was the archetype of the Romantic era's zeitgeist and the crux of many creative relationships of canonical artistic figures. The sister of Clemens Brentano and wife of his friend Achim von Arnim, today she is best known for the company she kept, having numbered among her closest friends Goethe, Beethoven, and Pückler and tried to foster artistic agreement among them. Many leading composers of the time, including Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, Johanna Kinke
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Average rating: 3.71 · 159 ratings · 19 reviews · 125 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Life of High Countess G...

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3.69 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1845 — 31 editions
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Die Günderode

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3.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1981 — 87 editions
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Goethes Briefwechsel mit ei...

3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1835 — 160 editions
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Die Günderode ; Clemens Bre...

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Dies Buch Gehört Dem König

3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2008 — 29 editions
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Bettina von Arnim: Ein Lese...

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Letzte Liebe: Das unbekannt...

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Der Königssohn

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Bettina von Arnims Armenbuch

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Werke und Briefe in drei Bä...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986 — 8 editions
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“I can't write poetry like you, but I can talk with nature... And when I come back... we put our beds side by side and chat away together all night... great profound speculations which make the old world creak on its rusty hinges.”
Bettina Brentano

“Whatever police the world may prescribe to rule the soul, I refuse to obey them.”
Bettina Brentano

“why shouldn't I dream myself into happiness? What higher reality is there than dream?”
Bettina Brentano

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