Lydia Danöfen - Estella

Lydia Danöfens first major work, the novella Estella, appeared in 1907. In it Danöfen tells the story of Estella Brand, the beautiful niece of a rich privateer, and the Hungarian painter Leo Makassy. During a study visit to the country, Makassy meets the very young beauty and is commissioned to paint a portrait of her. A destructive love soon develops that threatens to drag Estella into the abyss.

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