The end and the beginning
Zur Mühlen, Hermynia, 1883-1951,
The end and the beginning the book of my life / [electronic resource] : by Hermynia Zur Mühlen; with notes and a tribute by Lionel Gossman. - 1 online resource (295 pages) : portrait.
"Translated, annotated and with an introduction by Lionel Gossman"--Front cover and publisher's website. Available through Open Book Publishers. Originally published in German as: Ende und Anfang : ein Lebensbuch / von Hermynia zur Mühlen. Berlin : S. Fischer, 1929.
"Works by Hermynia zur Mühlen in English translation": page 297. Includes bibliographical footnotes.
Translator's Introductory Note -- 1. The End and the Beginning: The Book of My Life / Hermynia Zur Mühlen -- 2. 1950 Supplement to Ende und Anfang / Hermynia Zur Mühlen -- 3. Notes on persons and events mentioned in the memoir -- 4. Remembering Hermynia Zur Mühlen: A Tribute / Lionel Gossman -- List of works by Hermynia Zur Mühlen in English translation.
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"First published in Germany in 1929, The End and the Beginning is a lively memoir of a vanished world and of a rebellious young woman's struggle to achieve independence. Born in 1883 into a distinguished and wealthy aristocratic family of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hermynia Zur Mühlen spent much of her childhood traveling in Europe and North Africa with her diplomat father. After five years on her German husband's estate in czarist Russia she broke with both her family and her husband and set out on a precarious career as a professional writer committed to socialism. As well as translating many leading contemporary authors, notably Upton Sinclair, into German, she herself published an impressive number of politically engaged novels, detective stories, short stories, and children's fairy tales. Because of her outspoken opposition to National Socialism, she had to flee her native Austria in 1938 and seek refuge in England, where she died, virtually penniless, in 1951. This revised and corrected translation of Zur Mühlen's memoir-with extensive notes and an essay on the author by Lionel Gossman-will appeal especially to readers interested in women's history, World War I, and the culture and politics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Seven free online supplements are also provided, containing additional original material including a selection of newly translated stories by Zur Mühlen, biographical essays by Gossman and a portfolio of images. The Federal Ministry of Education, Art, and Culture, Department of Literature (/BMUKK-Kultur; Literaturabteilung/), Vienna, Austria, has generously contributed towards the publication of this volume."--Publisher's website.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
The End and the Beginning: The Book of My Life is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. For more detailed information consult the publisher's website.
Translated from the German.
9781906924294
Zur Mühlen, Hermynia, 1883-1951.
Authors, Austrian--20th century--Biography.
Austria--Social conditions--19th century.
Europe, Central--Social conditions--20th century.
The end and the beginning the book of my life / [electronic resource] : by Hermynia Zur Mühlen; with notes and a tribute by Lionel Gossman. - 1 online resource (295 pages) : portrait.
"Translated, annotated and with an introduction by Lionel Gossman"--Front cover and publisher's website. Available through Open Book Publishers. Originally published in German as: Ende und Anfang : ein Lebensbuch / von Hermynia zur Mühlen. Berlin : S. Fischer, 1929.
"Works by Hermynia zur Mühlen in English translation": page 297. Includes bibliographical footnotes.
Translator's Introductory Note -- 1. The End and the Beginning: The Book of My Life / Hermynia Zur Mühlen -- 2. 1950 Supplement to Ende und Anfang / Hermynia Zur Mühlen -- 3. Notes on persons and events mentioned in the memoir -- 4. Remembering Hermynia Zur Mühlen: A Tribute / Lionel Gossman -- List of works by Hermynia Zur Mühlen in English translation.
Open access resource providing free access.
"First published in Germany in 1929, The End and the Beginning is a lively memoir of a vanished world and of a rebellious young woman's struggle to achieve independence. Born in 1883 into a distinguished and wealthy aristocratic family of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hermynia Zur Mühlen spent much of her childhood traveling in Europe and North Africa with her diplomat father. After five years on her German husband's estate in czarist Russia she broke with both her family and her husband and set out on a precarious career as a professional writer committed to socialism. As well as translating many leading contemporary authors, notably Upton Sinclair, into German, she herself published an impressive number of politically engaged novels, detective stories, short stories, and children's fairy tales. Because of her outspoken opposition to National Socialism, she had to flee her native Austria in 1938 and seek refuge in England, where she died, virtually penniless, in 1951. This revised and corrected translation of Zur Mühlen's memoir-with extensive notes and an essay on the author by Lionel Gossman-will appeal especially to readers interested in women's history, World War I, and the culture and politics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Seven free online supplements are also provided, containing additional original material including a selection of newly translated stories by Zur Mühlen, biographical essays by Gossman and a portfolio of images. The Federal Ministry of Education, Art, and Culture, Department of Literature (/BMUKK-Kultur; Literaturabteilung/), Vienna, Austria, has generously contributed towards the publication of this volume."--Publisher's website.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
The End and the Beginning: The Book of My Life is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.0 UK: England & Wales License. For more detailed information consult the publisher's website.
Translated from the German.
9781906924294
Zur Mühlen, Hermynia, 1883-1951.
Authors, Austrian--20th century--Biography.
Austria--Social conditions--19th century.
Europe, Central--Social conditions--20th century.