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Augusta von Goldstein
1764–1837
A late 18th- and early 19th-century German writer from Breslau, she is remembered today for fiction that moved through aristocratic settings and emotional social worlds. Her work survives in the public domain, giving modern readers a glimpse of a quieter literary voice from her era.
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Adelaide: Wahrscheinlich nur ein Roman
by Augusta von Goldstein
About the author
Born in 1764 and deceased in 1837, Augusta von Goldstein was a German writer associated with Breslau, now Wrocław. Reference sources identify her as a Schriftstellerin and also note work as an educator or governess, suggesting a life shaped by both literature and practical intellectual work.
She published under several names and pseudonyms connected to her family history, including forms linked to Wallenrodt, Fölsch, and Wallenheim. That kind of name variation is common for women writers of her period and can make her bibliography a little harder to trace, but it also hints at a life lived across changing personal circumstances.
Goldstein is still discoverable through surviving editions of her work, including the novel Adelaide: Wahrscheinlich nur ein Roman. While she is not among the best-known German authors of her century, her writing remains of interest for readers drawn to overlooked women authors and to fiction from the world between the Enlightenment and early Romanticism.