One of the most anthologized, adapted, and translated stories about the deep connection between a human and a dog was composed by the Austrian author Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916). After having tried her hand (unsuccessfully) at theater plays, she turned to writing short stories commonly situated in village life in Lower Austria and Moravia, where she originated from. “Krambambuli” was contained in her collection
Dorf- und Schlossgeschichten[Stories from the Village and the Castle], published in 1883. Next to the North-German poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Marie was undoubtedly the most important nineteenth-century German female writer of her time. Both her life and her literary works have already been discussed by many scholars, and she is well presented in print…
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Citation: Classen, Albrecht. "Krambambuli". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 June 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=42084, accessed 08 July 2025.]
