Felicia Buttz Clark

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Felicia Buttz Clark

1862–1939

A German-born American writer and translator, she brought European settings and sensibilities to English-language readers in novels for both adults and young people. Her work often reflects a deep interest in culture, faith, and family life.

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Virgilia; or, Out of the Lion's Mouth

Virgilia; or, Out of the Lion's Mouth

by Felicia Buttz Clark

About the author

Born in 1862, Felicia Buttz Clark became known as a novelist, translator, and writer whose books drew on European history and everyday life. She wrote in English while introducing readers to German and other continental settings, helping make those worlds feel vivid and approachable.

Her published work includes novels such as David Golding, The Ivory Casket, Beppino, Der Jesuit, Gigi, the Hero of Sicily, and Schwester Anna. The range of titles suggests a writer interested in both religious themes and stories for younger readers, with a talent for shaping fiction around place and character.

Clark died in 1939. Though she is not widely known today, her books remain part of the rich variety of late 19th- and early 20th-century writing that connected American readers with European voices, landscapes, and traditions.