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Frederick Philip Grove’sObsession WithElse von Freytag-Loringhoven The Evidencein his First Canadian Novels WHO was he? Frederick Philip Grove was really born Felix Paul Greve in 1879 In Dec 1902, he Else, wife of his friend August Endell, become lovers; they elope to Palermo in Jan 1903 In 1903/4, Greve serves a prison sentence in Bonn for defrauding his friend Kilian Greve Else live in Wollerau Paris-Plage until 1906, then in Berlin until Greve disappears in July 1909 He roams the Unites States until he appears as Grove in Manitoba, in 1912 And WHO was she?? She was born Else Ploetz in 1874 In Berlin, in the 1890s, she lives with members of the Stefan George Circle, notably Melchior Lechter Ernst Hardt In 1901, she marries August Endell, one of the “Masters” surrounding George, in Munich The Endells move to Berlin; Greve soon becomes a daily visitor, until the three-some head for Palermo in Jan1903 (Endell is left behind in Naples) Else Greve are reunited when he gets out of prison in June 1904; they remain together until Greve disappears in July 1909 Else follows Greve to Pittsburgh in June 1910 Stefan George A gruesome end in Kentucky… They operate a small farm near Sparta, Kentucky until Greve leaves her in the fall of 1911 According to Else, the Greve she joined in America upheld a “back to nature” ideal, including blonde blue-eyed virginity, sexual abstinence There are also hints in Else’s autobiography that the relationship was rocky before Greve left her again, and this time for good Since our scandalous pair WAS married in 1907, both became bigamists in 1913 1914 respectively! Else Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven FPG became Grove in 1912, but what became of Else??? She modelled in nearby Cincinnati, made her way to New York There, she married Leo, the black sheep of the illustrious Freytag-Loringhoven family, in Nov 1913 She made herself 10 years younger -- no doubt, to match the groom’s age, used her maiden name, Ploetz She was n