#RivetingReads: Ursula Phillips Recommends MALVINA, OR THE HEART’S INTUITION by Maria Wirtemberska

Love Clarissa? Then try Maria Wirtemberska’s epistolary intrigue Malvina, or the Heart’s Intuition (1816).

By Ursula Phillips

Malvina, or the Heart’s Intuition

by Maria Wirtemberska

translated by Ursula Phillips

published by University of Chicago Press (2012)


Ursula Phillips is a literary historian and translator from Polish. Her translation of Zofia Nałkowska’s novel Choucas (1927) won the Found in Translation Award 2015.

The European Literature Network was created with the mission of championing great writing from Europe in the UK – and doing it together. Open to writers, translators, publishers, agents, booksellers, festival directors, arts managers and journalists, ELNet is a free, collaborative hub for sharing news and views.

ELNet operates without funding or grants (unfortunately) and is therefore dependent on the passion, professionalism and dedication of our core team and on an extensive network of volunteers, supporters, partners and donors.