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Aus Rahels Herzensleben. Briefe und Tagebuchblaetter (Jewish Writer and Feminist) ed. by Ludmilla Assing, port., 1st ed., 1877, in German - Aus Rahels Herzensleben. Briefe und Tagebuchblaetter (Jewish Writer and Feminist) ed. by Ludmilla Assing, port., 1st ed., 1877, in German Aus Rahels Herzensleben. Briefe und Tagebuchblaetter herausgegeben von Ludmilla Assing From Rachel's Heart's Life. Letters and Diary Pages edited by Ludmilla Assing F. A. Brockhaus. Leipzig., 256 pp. Half-linen, 1877. First edition, with a portrait of Rachel as the frontispiece, Fraktur typeface. Hard cover, 20.5 x 13.5 cm. Condition: light wear to cover, spine damaged; yellow / light brown paper; endpapers detached Weight: 345 gr. Rachel Varnhagen von Ense (nee Levin; May 19, 1771 Berlin– March 7, 1833 Berlin was a German writer and feminist of Jewish descent; hostess of a literary salon that was frequented by Heine, Boerne, Schelling, Chamisso and other famous writers (she played a significant role in the history of German literary movements of that time). Also known by the pseudonyms Rachel Robert, Robert-Thornow and Friederike Antonia (the last was her baptismal name). Sister of the poet Ludwig Robert; wife of Karl August Varnhagen von Ense[8]. Rachel Varnhagen is considered a member of the Romantic and European Enlightenment eras. She advocated for Jewish and women's rights. Hannah Arendt, who wrote the biography Rachel Varnhagen: A Jewish Life (1957), described her as her ”closest friend, though dead for centuries.” Rosa Maria Antonetta Paulina Assing (née Varnhagen; 28 May 1783, Düsseldorf – 22 January 1840, Hamburg) was a German lyric poet, prose-writer, educator, translator, and silhouette artist. She was the elder sister of Karl August Varnhagen, sister-in-law of Rahel Levin, wife of David Assing (1787 – 1842), and mother of Ottilie and Ludmilla Assing. Her friends included Amalie Schoppe, David Veit, and Fanny Tarnow.