biography
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Bosboom-Toussaint, Anna Louisa Geertruida
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pronunciation:
[bosbohm toossant]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1812–86)
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Alkmaar, W Netherlands. A Protestant governess, she wrote historical novels inspired by the works of Sir Walter Scott, and was a member of the group around the magazine De Gids. The descriptions of the characters in her books reveal a psychological awareness. First engaged to Bakhuizen van den Brink, she later married the painter Johannes Bosboom in 1851. |
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