Božena Němcová Livres

Gleich anderen europäischen Nationen erfreut sich auch das tschechische Volk eines seit Jahrhunderten liebevoll bewahrten Märchenschatzes. Manche dieser Märlein erscheinen uns fremd und exotisch, andere Motive tragen dagegen vertraute Züge. Es ist dem Sammlerfleiß von Božena Němcová (1820–1862) und Karel Jaromír Erben (1811–1870) zu danken, daß die einst nur mündlich überlieferten Geschichten zusammengetragen und für die Nachwelt aufgezeichnet wurden. Man wird an der Moldau kaum jemanden finden, dem nicht aus frühester Jugend Käthe und der Teufel , Der Feuervogel und der Feuerfuchs oder Die Prinzessin mit dem Goldstern auf der Stirn vertraut wären. So ist diese Auswahl geeignet, dem Leser deutscher Zunge ein wichtiges Stück Landeskultur nahezubringen, während die kleinen Zuhörer dem Bann jener Worte erliegen, die überall Kinderaugen zum Leuchten bringen: „Es war einmal …“

Set at the foot of the Giant mountains- is a grandmother, who embodies the ideal of motherliness with her plain wisdom, goodness and love. The father of the Prosek family living in the country idyll is compelled to spend a large part of the year in the imperial town of Vienna due to his work. Thus, the grandmother is brought home to tend to the children and the property. With this background, the author evolves the most significant work of pros in Czech literature and creates "one of the most beautiful female figures in world literature.

Babicka is a novella written by Czech writer Bozena Nemcova in 1855. It is her most popular work and is regarded as a classic piece of Czech literature. The book describes an idealised account of the author's childhood. The plot weaves together a remembrance of the agrarian rhythm of life with the love stories of several women, which reveal more of the history and customs of that area. The principal action revolves around the love lives of Viktorka, Kristla, and the Countess.

The Czech author Božena Němcová (1820-1862), born in Vienna, paints an entirely unsentimental portrait of the country habits and customs of Bohemia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and depicts the people she encountered during her childhood: teachers, maids, farm workers, millers, foresters, priests, to name but a few. The central character of this story, set in Eastern Bohemia, is a grandmother, full of simple wisdom, goodness and love, who personifies an ideal of maternal care. The Prošek family live in this country idyll but their father’s work means that he is compelled to spend a large part of the year in the imperial city of Vienna. Thus, their grandmother is brought home to look after the children and the property. This is the background against which the author unfolds the most important prose work in Czech literature and creates “one of the best female characters in world literature”.