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Life and Work of Isabelle Eberhardt

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to do so. In her life, as in her writing, she courted extremes and was deflected toward the absolute by temperament and upbringing" (Bononno). She was an incredibly unique woman  who, while raised in European culture, was always open and receptive to new regions. In fact, she seemed glad for the excuse to rid herself of the ancient cultures of  her past. In the following paper we examine the life and work of Isabelle Eberhardt. Biography "Isabelle Eberhardt was the natural child of an aristocratic German mother, Nathalie  de Moerder, and a Russian father, Alexander Trophimowsky, a former priest in the Russian Orthodox church, a friend of Bakunin, a philosopher, scholar and polyglot" (Bononno). According to another author,  "Isabelle Eberhardt was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1877....was the illegitimate daughter of Alexander Trophimowsky, described variously as a professed nihilist, a former Russian Orthodox priest, a convert to Islam,  and the friend of Michael Bakunin. Her mother was Mme. de Morder, an aristocratic German Lutheran" (Jones). While Isabelles parents lived in Moscow "Trophimowksy had been a tutor in  the de Moerder household. Paul de Moerder, Nathalies husband, was a Russian general in the service of the czar" (Bononno). Isabelles mother was in charge of the household and the  children, including their education. She "fell in love with the handsome preceptor and together they eloped along with her three children. (Trophimowsky left behind a wife and four children of  his own.) After living in Istanbul and Naples, they finally settled near Geneva" (Bononno). It was here, in what is known as the Villa Meyrin, that Isabelle was raised.  "Trophimowsky educated her at home along with her brother Augustin. He taught her medicine and languages, how to ride a horse and work like a man" (Bononno). She could read