author
Doris von Scheliha
1847–1925
A German novelist and storyteller from Breslau, she published under several names and built a body of fiction that ranged from novellas to longer novels. Her work reached readers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including stories set far beyond Germany.
1 Audiobook
Lose Blätter: Neue Novellen
by Doris von Scheliha
About the author
Born in Breslau on July 29, 1847, and dying there on October 11, 1925, she was a German writer. Reference works identify her as Maria Doris von Scheliha, and note that she also published as Doris von Spättgen and Doris Matuschka von Toppolczan Freiin von Spättgen.
Catalog and bibliography sources show a substantial output of fiction, including novels and novella collections such as Lose Blätter: Neue Novellen. Surviving editions and library records suggest that her writing circulated internationally as well as in German-speaking Europe, with some stories drawing on settings such as New York.
Although she is not widely known today, bibliographic records and digitized editions make clear that she was an active literary presence of her time, with work preserved in major reference and public-domain collections.