About this book
Amtmannin Maria by Eugenie Marlitt invites listeners into a small 19th-century village where a sharp-eyed, eccentric matron and the lives she touched reveal the quiet dramas of provincial life. Marlitt’s gently observant prose sketches a community stitched together by curiosity, charity, and the rigid expectations of an earlier age.
Set against the social landscape of 1800s German countryside, the novel explores themes of reputation, compassion, and the unspoken ties between classes. Through vivid portraits—the watchful widow at her window, laborers in the forest, and the whispering neighbors—Marlitt illuminates how kindness and judgment coexist in everyday encounters. The narrative balances warm domestic detail with moral insight, offering readers a portrait of ordinary people navigating loss, loyalty, and social constraint without melodramatic excess.
A classic work of fiction and literature, Amtmannin Maria is ideal for listeners who appreciate character-driven historical narratives, quietly evocative settings, and the moral realism of 19th-century novels. Listen for Marlitt’s humane storytelling and the audiobook’s ability to bring a vanished world—and its timeless human truths—back to life.
