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Hans Arnold
1850–1927
Best known by the pen name Hans Arnold, this German writer brought wit and sharp social observation to short stories, comedies, and farces. Writing in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she built a lively body of work that still feels brisk and human.
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About the author
Born Clara Bertha Friederike Eberty in 1850, Babette von Bülow wrote under the name Hans Arnold. She is identified in reliable reference sources as a German author of short stories, comedies, and farces, and that pen name is the reason many older editions list her simply as Hans Arnold.
She was part of a literary world shaped by magazines, serialized fiction, and popular stage entertainment, and her work earned attention for its humor and close look at everyday manners. Modern library and public-domain records also connect the name Hans Arnold directly with editions of her fiction, showing how firmly the pseudonym became attached to her writing career.
For listeners coming to her fresh, she is an appealing figure because her work sits between light comedy and social portrait: entertaining on the surface, but often very observant underneath. She died in 1927, leaving behind a catalogue that keeps both her own name and her pen name in circulation.