Cornelia von Levetzow

Cornelia Frederikke Juliane Victorine von Levetzow (1836–1921) was a popular Danish author of novels and short stories who published under the pen name J until 1894.

Her first work, En ung Piges Historie (1861), a typically Danish governess novel,[1] was a huge success which sold 50,000 copies in several editions and translations.

[3] Her literary career began when she was 24 with En ung Piges Historie (A Young Girl's Story, 1860) inspired by Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre.

They also ran to several editions, as did subsequent works such as Anna (1863), To Fortællinger (Two Tales, 1866), Småskitser (Short Sketches, 1869) and Livsbilleder (Pictures of Life, 1874).

Her fiction depicted both men and women as the principal characters, becoming increasingly religious in tone and conveying her views on the good life.