become somewhat of a point of an embarrassment to her family. After these limited successes in the field of drama, she turned to narrative. Commencing with Die Prinzessin von Banalien (1872), she graphically depicts in Božena (Stuttgart, 1876, 4th ed. 1899) and Das Gemeindekind (Berlin, 1887, 4th ed. 1900) the surroundings of her Moravian home, and in Lotti, die Uhrmacherin (Berlin, 1883, 4th ed. 1900), Zwei Comtessen (Berlin, 1885, 5th ed. 1898), Unsühnbar (1890, 5th ed. 1900) and Glaubenslos? (1893) the life of the Austrian aristocracy in town and country. Much of Ebner-Eschenbach's more mainstream success is accredited to Julius Rodenberg due to his publishing Ebner-Eschenbach's work in his popular periodical, Die Deutsche Rundschau. In 1875, her half-sister, composer Julie Waldburg-Wurzach, used her social contacts at Cotta Verlag (today Klett-Cotta Verlag) to market some of Ebner-Eschenbach's work. Ebner-Eschenbach also published Neue Erzählungen (Berlin, 1881, 3rd ed. 1894), Aphorismen (Berlin, 1880, 4th ed. 1895) and Parabeln, Märchen und Gedichte (2nd ed., Berlin, 1892). Von Ebner-Eschenbach's elegance of style, her incisive wit and masterly depiction of character give her a foremost place among the German women writers of her time. On the occasion of her 70th birthday the University of Vienna conferred upon her the degree of doctor of philosophy, honoris causa. An edition of Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach's Gesammelte Schriften (Collected Works) began to appear in 1893 (Berlin). Throughout her life, she had never created literature or plays for monetary reasons, and so, in her will, she left, as to aid other writers in their own endeavors, the compensation she had received. She died in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. The Marie Ebner-Eschenbach park in Währing, Vienna, is named after her. Works Aus Franzensbad. 6 Episteln von keinem Propheten (6 epistles from no prophet). Leipzig: Lorck, 1858 Maria Stuart in Schottland. Drama in five acts. Vienna: Ludwig Mayer, 1860 Das Veilchen (The Violet). Comedy in one act. Vienna: Wallishausser, 1861 Marie Roland. Tragedy in five acts. Vienna: Wallishausser, 1867 Doktor Ritter. Dramatic poem in one act. Vienna: Jasper, 1869 Die Prinzessin von Banalien. A fairy tale. Vienna: Rosner, 1872 Das Waldfräulein (Maid of the woods), 1873 Božena. A story. Stuttgart: Cotta, 1876 Die Freiherren von Gemperlein, 1878 Lotti, die Uhrmacherin (Lotti, the clock maker), in: Deutsche Rundschau, 1880 Aphorismen. Berlin: Franz Ebhardt, 1880 Dorf- und Schloßgeschichten (Village and castle stories), 1883 (containing Der Kreisphysikus, Jacob Szela, Krambambuli, Die Resel, Die Poesie des Unbewußten) Zwei Comtessen