Hedwig Courths-Mahler - Literary works, Films

Novelist, born in Nebra, Thuringia, EC Germany. At the age of 17 she began to write light romantic literature that proved instantly and lastingly popular, and at her death had 207 novels to her credit. A favourite theme was that of the virtuous heroine - impoverished perhaps through World War 1 and the resulting inflation - who marries for love, but thereby also improves her lot. Together with the depiction of milieu, including German settlers in the Far East and elsewhere, such social observation has helped to ensure that her writings are today esteemed also for their documentary qualities. Among her best-known works are Ich will (1916), Meine Käthe (1917), Eine ungeliebte Frau and Die schöne Unbekannte (both 1918), and Der Scheingemahl (1919).

Literary works

Die wilde Ursula (novel, 1912) Die Bettelprinzeß (novel, 1914) Griseldis (novel, 1916) Ich will (novel, 1916) Meine Käthe (novel, 1917) Eine ungeliebte Frau (novel, 1918) Die schöne Unbekannte (novel, 1918) Der Scheingemahl (novel, 1919) Was Gott zusammenfügt (novel, unbekannt) Die Flucht vor der Ehe (novel, 1934)

Films

Die Bettelprinzeß Griseldis Die Kriegsbraut Der Scheingemahl Eine ungeliebte Frau Durch Liebe erlöst