KARL ERDMANN EDLER
\kˈɑːl ˈɜːdman ˈɛdlə], \kˈɑːl ˈɜːdman ˈɛdlə], \k_ˈɑː_l ˈɜː_d_m_a_n ˈɛ_d_l_ə]\
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An Austrian novelist; born at Podebrad in Bohemia, May 8, 1844. His stories have nearly all a historical background, truthfully portrayed. Among them may be named: "Wilfried, a Story of the Middle Age" (1874); "Gabor, a Picture of the Steppe" (1874); "The Last Jew" (1885); "Baldine" (1881); "A Bell-Ringer's Journey"; "Notre Dame des Flots" (Our Lady of the Billows). The last three were translated into English by Lord Lytton.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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