The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Böhlau, Helene

BÖHLAU, bė'low, Helene, German novelist: b. Weimar, 22 Nov. 1859. She traveled much in the East, married Omar al-Raschid Bey at Constantinople and settled down in Munich. In 1888 her pictures of Weimar (Ratsmädelgeschichten) brought her a large measure of fame. She shows now and then a leaning toward the Romantic school, but on the whole her high power of description is realistic and her writings are imbued with passion. Among her works are ‘Novellen’ (1882); ‘Es hat nicht Sein Sollen’ (1891); ‘Das Recht der Mutter’ (1896; new ed., 1903); ‘Neue Ratsmädel- und Weimarische Geschichten’ (1897); ‘Halbtier’ (1899); ‘Sommerbuch’ (1902); ‘Die Kristallkugel’ (1903); ‘Isebies’ (1911).