Short Fiction · Character
Lotta Schmidt
A Viennese woman whose life takes a dramatic turn amid suitors, ambition, and the pull between love and worldly advantage.
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Also known as Lo, Lotta, regarded Lotta Schmidt
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Protagonist; torn between the attentions of Herr Crippel and Fritz Planken, she asserts her independence after a quarrel.
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Lotta Schmidt lives in a Vienna of music, courtship, and social calculation, where a man's rise may depend on the wife he chooses. She is caught between the claims of genuine affection and the worldly counsel of those…
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- Friendship
- Psychological
- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Protagonist
- Tragic French Love
- Italian & German Love
- Romantic Entanglements & Military
- Dramatic Island Stories
- Rural Romance & Family
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- Fritz Planken
friendship · positive
Fritz Planken and Lotta Schmidt are cheerful, platonic friends who enjoy each other's… How this plays out →
- Herr Crippel
psychological · negative
- Captain Broughton
romantic · ambivalent
- Herr Crippel
psychological · negative
- Captain Broughton
romantic · ambivalent
- Fritz Planken
friendship · positive
Fritz Planken and Lotta Schmidt are cheerful, platonic friends who enjoy each other's… How this plays out →
- Fritz Planken
friendship · positive
Fritz Planken and Lotta Schmidt are cheerful, platonic friends who enjoy each other's… How this plays out →
- Captain Broughton
romantic · ambivalent
- Herr Crippel
psychological · negative
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