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Sophie Junghans
1845–1907
A popular German novelist of the late 19th century, she wrote lively, character-driven fiction that ranged from modern social stories to historical novels. Though less widely remembered today, her books once found a large readership and included works such as The American Girl.
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Verflossene Stunden: Novelle
by Sophie Junghans
About the author
Born in Kassel on December 3, 1845, Sophie Junghans was a German writer and teacher. Reference works agree that she later died in Hildburghausen in 1907, and accounts of her life note that her education was broadened by time spent in places such as Berlin, England, and Italy.
Junghans became known in the late 19th century for novels that drew attention for both contemporary themes and historical settings. Works associated with her include Käthe, The House of Eckberg, and The American Girl, and a modern university source describes her as a once well-known and widely read author around the turn of the century.
She is an appealing author for readers who enjoy rediscovered fiction: her writing came from a moment when German popular literature was expanding, and her career shows how successful a woman novelist could be in that world, even if her name later faded from everyday literary memory.