Readers already familiar with the works of E. Werner (“The Fairy of the Alps,” “The Dispelled Spell,” “The Egoist,” etc.), and those who do not yet know her name, will be equally interested in reading the proposed two novels, which Without exaggeration, it can be called the best novels of the talented German writer. In accordance with the laws of the “ladies' novel” genre, their positive characters are bright personalities, strong-willed people, men are courageous and noble, and women’s strong character does not prevent them from being gentle and charmingly feminine. Negative heroes are endowed with no less ardent passions, and life leads both of them to fierce combat. The novels written, like all the works of E. Werner, are very exciting, eventful, and although their main content is love and the experiences of the heroes associated with it, in the first of them - “Archangel Michael” - has a detective line and even spies, and in the second - “Cursed and Forgiven” - a cruel and treacherous priest weaves intrigues. But fate protects lovers and, despite all sorts of obstacles, leads them to happiness.

OCR - Oksana LvovaSpellcheck - VeraE. WERNER (Elisabeth Burstenbinder) // Gebannt und erlost (1884) Elsa Werner, “Archangel Michael. Cursed and Forgiven" Transl. from German. — Kharkov: Publishing house “BBN”, 1994, 576 pp.