Arnim, Gisela von (1827–89), German writer of fairy tales and stage plays; daughter of the romantic writers Achim and Bettina von Arnim. In the 1840s she co‐founded a female salon, the Kaffeterkreis, from which some of her published works issued. One of her most interesting tales is a fairy‐tale novel and female Robinsonade, Das Leben der Hochgräfin Gritta von Rattenzuhausbeiuns (The Life Story of the High Countess Gritta) which she illustrated together with Herman Grimm, Wilhelm' son and her future husband. Her works reflect her intimate reception of the work of the Brothers Grimm and her proto‐feminist revisions of their tradition.
— Shawn Jarvis
