Title: Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe

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Title: Maria Schweidler, die Bernsteinhexe Title Record # 1404498
Author: Wilhelm Meinhold
Date: 1839-00-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-DE, Wikipedia-EN
Language: German

Synopsis: A Gothic novel, and historical fraud, purporting to be a true account of the trial of an innocent woman accused of witchcraft.

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Year	Language	Title
1844^ⓘTranslated by Lady Duff Gordon	English	Maria Schweidler, the Amber Witch [as by W. Meinhold]
1844^ⓘTranslated by E. A. Friedlænder from the German	English	The Amber Witch: The Most Interesting Trial for Witchcraft Ever Known [as by W. Meinhold]
1846^ⓘ Translated by Lady Duff Gordon from the German. The Project Gutenberg publication originally asserted the 1846 date for this translation. "In the 1840s, Meinhold published what he claimed was an instructional document for the avoidance of witchcraft written by a minister. It was fiction." (Abebooks newsletter on "Jokes, Hoaxes & Other Literary Frauds", 2012-04-02) As of March 2019 Wikipedia gives publication dates 1838 for the original, 1844 for the translation, and 1895 for the "luxurious" edition illustrated by Burne-Jones.	English	The Amber Witch
1852^ⓘTranslated by unknown hands	English	The Amber Witch [as by W. Meinhold]

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Review [English] by Everett F. Bleiler (1983) in The Guide to Supernatural Fiction (Pages 295 - 454)
Review [English] by H. P. Lovecraft (2004) in The World's Greatest Horror Stories