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Maria Sophie von La Roche (17311807)
La Roche, Maria Sophie von (lä-rōsh’). A German story-teller; born at Kaufbeuren, Dec. 6, 1731; died at Offenbach, Feb. 18, 1807. She was a correspondent of Wieland and of Goethe. She wrote: ‘The History of Fräulein von Sternheim’ (1771); ‘Moral Tales’ (1782); ‘History of Miss Long’ (1789); ‘Melusine’s Summer Evenings’ (1806).