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Emilie Auguste Karoline Henriette Friedrich-Friedrich née Kühne (November 15, 1829 in Magdeburg – April 7, 1885 in Dresden), known by the pen name Emmy von Rhoden, was a German writer. She is best known for her novel Der Trotzkopf (1885), one of the prototypes of the Backfischroman. It is considered an international classic of Children's literature.[1][2][3] She is the mother of writer Else Wildhagen who continued the Trotzkopf-series with two sequels. The last official volume was written by the unrelated Dutch writer Suze la Chapelle-Roobol and translated into German. The series was a huge commercial success in Germany and translated into at least 11 different languages.[4] The success was also due to the marketing effort of the publisher Gustav Weise in Stuttgart.[5]

The English translation by Felix Leopold Oswald has been heavily adapted to the American context.[6]

Works

• Das Musikantenkind, 1883
• Lenchen Braun, 1883
• Der Trotzkopf, 1885
  • Translated into English as Taming a Tomboy (1898) by Felix Leopold Oswald, and as An Obstinate Maid (1898) by Mary E. Ireland.[7]

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