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Bettina von Arnim

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From: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Date: 20070301
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[orig. Elisabeth Katharina Ludovica Magdalena Brentano ] (born April 4, 1785, Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died Jan. 20, 1859, Berlin) German writer. Her best-known works are reworked records of her correspondence with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Karoline von Günderode, and her brother Clemens Brentano , much of it fictitious but written in a brilliantly vivid, uninhibited style.

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