Publisher's Synopsis
New translations of short stories by one of the great women writers of the 19th century. This collection makes available for the first time in modern English translation seven novellas and short stories by the Austrian storyteller Marie Ebner-Eschenbach. The tales, redolent of the atmosphere of the vanished HabsburgEmpire, include Krambambuli, Jakob Szela, Countess Paula, The Wake, The Finch, The Travelling Companion, and Countess Muschi.
