Marie Nathusius (1817 - 1857)

Marie Nathusius, born. Scheele (* 10. März 1817 in Magdeburg; † 22. Dezember 1857 in Neinstedt) was a popular novelist and composer. Besides E. Marlitt, she was one of the most read authors of light and youth fiction of her generation. Her bestsellers Tagebuch eines armen Fräuleins (1854), Langenstein und Boblingen (1855) and Elisabeth. Eine Geschichte, die nicht mit der Heirat schließt (1858) were republished well into the 1920s.