Bozena

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Ebner-Eschenbach’s family novella begins in the Moravian town of Weinberg. Bozena serves in the wealthy Heißenstein household and, with forceful honesty and practical care, looks after Rosa, the daughter her father scarcely values. Across years of family tension and change, the story explores loyalty, caregiving, class prejudice, judgment, and human dignity.