Bekker was born into a wealthy
Calvinist family at
Vlissingen. On 18 November 1759, at the age of 21, she married the 52-year-old clergyman Adriaan Wolff. In 1763, she published her first collection
Bespiegelingen over het genoegen ('Reflections on Pleasure'). After her husband's death in 1777, she lived for a time with
Aagje Deken in France. From then on the two women published their work together; it is somewhat difficult to determine the exact qualities contributed by each, though many believe that Wolff was the main author due to her wider acclaim before their pairing. They specialized in
epistolary novels in the mold of
Samuel Richardson. Because of their
Patriotic sympathies, they moved to
Trévoux in
Burgundy in 1788. In
1789, they published
Wandelingen door Bourgogne. Wolff was exposed to some of the dangers of the
French Revolution, and, it is said, escaped the
guillotine only by her great presence of mind. More important though was her translation of the Swiss abolitionist Benjamin Sigismond Frossard in 1790. In 1795 she returned to the Netherlands and resided at
the Hague till her death there at the age of 66. ==Works==