Varnhagen von Ense, Karl August (1785-1858)

Karl August Varnhagen von Ense was a German author whose published work on Goethe informed George Henry Lewes's work later on. Through Varnhagen's friendship with Thomas Carlyle, he was introduced to Lewes and, in 1854, to George Eliot. The two were mutually impressed with each other and exchanged at least two letters each.

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