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-	'''The famous couple of 18th-century Dutch women novelists: <br>Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken'''<br><br>	+	<br>__NOEDITSECTION__
-	Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=11] and Agatha (Aagje) Deken [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=12] wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=376](1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's ''Nouvelle Clarice'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=367] (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=378] (1771).	+	== Elisabeth Wolff and Agatha Deken ==
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		+	<br><br>Together, [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=11 Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff] and [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=12 Agatha (Aagje) Deken] wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=376 ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart''](1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=367 ''Nouvelle Clarice''] (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=378 ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim''] (1771).
	<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>		<br><br> Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female.<br><br>

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Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?auth...

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New page: '''The famous couple of 18th-century Dutch women novelists: Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken''' Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?auth...

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'''The famous couple of 18th-century Dutch women novelists: Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken''' 
Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=11] and Agatha (Aagje) Deken [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=12] wrote the book which is presently known as the "first" Dutch novel: ''De historie van Mejuffrouw Sara Burgerhart'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=376](1782; translated into French as ''Histoire de Mademoiselle Sara Burgerhart'' in 1787 by Henri Rieu). An epistolary novel, it is a female answer to Richardson's ''Clarissa'', and as such comparable to Jeanne Leprince de Beaumont's ''Nouvelle Clarice'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=367] (1766) and Sophie von La Roche's ''Die Geschichte des Fräuleins von Sternheim'' [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/work.asp?workID=378] (1771).
 Not all of their works were written together: Betje Wolff was the translator of the two. Her translations corresponded however to the women's openness toward foreign literature. Their readings can be followed in their correspondence, published by P.J. Buijnsters, where we also see them in contact with an important network of friends, male and female. 

 
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*Note that informations contained in the database ''WomenWriters'' have been derived from contemporary sources, which may contain errors. Also important: when arriving in the database ''WomenWriters'', your status is:'"not logged on", which means that you have only partial view. For complete view and participation in the project, take contact. 
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SvDijk at 03:49, 18 September 2007

SvDijk: New page: '''The famous couple of 18th-century Dutch women novelists: Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken''' Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?auth...

SvDijk: New page: '''The famous couple of 18th-century Dutch women novelists:
Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken'''

Together, Elisabeth (Betje) Wolff [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?auth...