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Elizabeth ("Betje") Wolff-Bekker (24 July 1738 – 5 November 1804) was a Dutch novelist who, with Agatha "Aagje" Deken, wrote several popular epistolary novels such as Sara Burgerhart (1782) and Willem Levend (1784).
Biography
Betje Bekker was born into a wealthy Calvinist family at Vlissingen. On 18 November 1759, at the age of 21, she married the 52-year-old clergyman Adriaan Wolff. In 1763 she published her first collection Bespiegelingen over het genoegen ('Reflections on Pleasure'). After her husband's death in 1777, she lived for a time with Aagje Deken in France.[1] From then on the two women published their work together; it is somewhat difficult to determine the exact qualities contributed by each though many believe that Betje Wolff was the main author due to her wider acclaim before their pairing.[1] They specialized in epistolary novels in the mold of Samuel Richardson.[2]
Because of their patriotic sympathies they moved to Trévoux in Burgundy in 1788. In 1789 they published Wandelingen door Bourgogne. She was exposed to some of the dangers of the French Revolution, and, it is said, escaped the guillotine only by her great presence of mind. More important though was her translation of the Swiss abolitionist Benjamin Sigismond Frossard in 1790. In 1795 she returned to the Netherlands, and resided at the Hague till her death there at the age of 66.[3]
Works
- Historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart (1782)[2]
- Historie van den heer Willem Leevend (1784–1785)[2]
- Abraham Blankaart (1787)[2][3]
- Wandelingen door Bourgogne (1789)
- Cornelia Wildschut (1793–1796)[3]
See also
- Museum Betje Wolff
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Kellogg, Day Otis; Baynes, Thomas Spencer; Smith, William Robertson, eds. (1902). "Bekker, Elizabeth". The Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 3. Werner. p. 511.
- Brian Westerdale Downs and Henry Latimer Jackson (1921). A Manual of the Dutch Language. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge). p. 74.
- One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bekker, Elizabeth". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 661.
External links
- Works by Elizabeth Bekker Wolff at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Betje Wolff at Internet Archive
- Works by Betje Wolff at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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Elizabeth ("Betje") Wolff-Bekker o Elizabeth Bekker, por su nombre de soltera (Flesinga, 24 de julio de 1738 - La Haya, 5 de noviembre de 1804) fue una escritora neerlandesa.[ru] Вольф-Беккер, Элизабет
Элизабет Вольф-Беккер (нидерл. Elizabeth Wolff-Bekker; 24 июля 1738, Флиссинген, — 5 ноября 1804, Гаага) — нидерландская писательница.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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