E. Marlitt

E. Marlitt is the pseudonym of Eugenie John (December 5, 1825-June 22, 1887), a popular German novelist.

Her father was a portrait painter; her patroness was the Princess of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen [de], who adopted her in 1841 and sent her to Vienna to study music for three years on account of her fine voice.

She used her experiences at court and as a traveling companion to the princess as material for her books, which were primarily directed against social prejudice and hypocrisy.

[2] These novels were made available in English translations by Annis Lee Wister of Philadelphia.

Marlitt published several works in the German weekly magazine Die Gartenlaube (such as Reichsgräfin Gisela in 1869).