LUISE BUCHNER
\ljˈuːa͡ɪz bˈʌt͡ʃnə], \ljˈuːaɪz bˈʌtʃnə], \l_j_ˈuː_aɪ_z b_ˈʌ_tʃ_n_ə]\
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A German poet and novelist (1821-77), sister of Georg. Her first publication, "Women and their Calling" (1855), was followed by many others on the "woman's-rights question"; it commanded much attention, and reached a fifth edition (1883). She wrote a volume of tales, "From Life" (1861); "Poet-Voices of Home and Foreign Lands"; several original poems, "Woman's Heart"; some "Christmas Stories"; etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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