Early life Barbara "Babette" Glück was born on 30 December 1814, in
Vienna, Austria, to Theresia Glück, née Grünnagel, who had married seven months before to a high-ranking military doctor named Glück. Barbara was an
unplanned pregnancy and her natural father was a prominent
Hungarian nobleman. Babette worked as a
seamstress to provide for herself and her mother until she accepted a position as
governess across the border in
Russian Poland. Sometime between 1830 and 1833, In 1849, Paoli took a temporary post as companion to Countess in Dahlan near
Dresden. During this time she took three months to visit France and worked as a freelance writer for the to support herself. In France she met
Heinrich Heine and
George Sand. In January 1852, Paoli's first articles were printed in ; as Warrens refused her a regular contract, she had to remain as a companion to Bünau. In 1854, Bünau's marriage to brought Paoli's position to an end, although the two remained close friends throughout their lives. Paoli traveled to Doblbad where a Russian writer,
Elisabeth Bagréef-Speranski engaged her as a companion. In 1855, Paoli moved in with Ida von Fleischl-Marxow. The
Fleischl family was very close with Paoli and adopted her into the household. Paoli would remain with them until her death on 5 July 1894. == Works ==