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SCHUCKING, LEVIN (1814-1883)

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SCHUCKING, LEVIN (1814-1883) , See also:German novelist, was See also:born on the See also:estate of Klemenswerth, near Meppen, in See also:Westphalia, on the 6th of See also:September 1814. After studying See also:law at See also:Munich, See also:Heidelberg and See also:Gottingen, he wished to enter the See also:government judicial service, but, confronted by serious difficulties, abandoned the legal career, and settling at See also:Munster in 1837, devoted himselfto See also:literary See also:work. In 1841 he removed to Schloss Meersburg on the See also:Lake of See also:Constance, joined in 1843 the editorial See also:staff of the Allgemeine Zeitung in See also:Augsburg, and in 1845 that of the Kolnische Zeitung in See also:Cologne. In 1852 he retired to his estate, Sassenberg near Munster, and died at Pyrmont on the 31st of See also:August 1883. Among his numerous romances, which are distinguished by See also:good See also:taste and patriotic feeling, largely reflecting the See also:sound, sturdy See also:character of the Westphalians, must be especially mentioned: Ein Schloss am See also:Meer (1843); Ein Sohn See also:des Volkes (1849); Ein Staatsgeheimnis (1854); Verschlungene Wege (1867); See also:Die Herberge der Gerechtigkeit (1879). Schucking wrote a number of See also:short stories: Aus den Tagen der grossen Kaiserin (1858) and Neue Novellen (1877). In Annette von Droste-Hills/toff (q.v.) (1862) he gives a See also:sketch of this poet and acknowledges his indebtedness to her beneficial See also:influence upon his mind. There appeared posthumously, Lebenserinnerungen (1886) and Briefe von Annette von Droste-Hulsho.f and Levin Schucking (1893). His wife, Luise (1815-1855), daughter of the See also:General Freiherr von See also:Gall, in the See also:Hessian service, published some novels and romances of considerable merit. Among the latter may be mentioned Gegen den Strom (1851) and Der neue Kreuzritter (1853). Schucking's Gesammelte Erzdhlungen and Novellen appeared in 6 vols. (1859-1866); Ausgewdhlte Romane (12 vols., 1864; and See also:series, also 12 vols., 1874–1876).

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