Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten

by Elisabeth von Heyking

"Briefe, die ihn nicht erreichten" by Elisabeth von Heyking is a novella in letters published in 1902. A woman writes letters to a German friend living in China, where she once lived too. From Vancouver, New York, and Berlin, she shares memories of China, observations of ruthless Western merchants, and her own feelings. While writing, she realizes she loves him—only to discover he died during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and never received her letters.