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Though intended for the life of a country gentleman, he showed no inclination for outdoor life, and on his return from The War Of 1870-71 , in which he was wounded, he studied Philosophy at Jena and Munich , and then settled at Berchtesgaden . In 1884 Voss was appointed by the grand duke of Weimar librarian of the Wartburg, but, in consequence of illness, he resigned the post. He passed his life for the most part in Frascati , in Italy, and there he was inspired to write a lot of novels and dramas.

Chief among his dramas are:
  • ''Savonarola'' (1878)

  • ''Magda'' (1879)

  • ''"Die Patricierin"'' (1880)

  • ''Der Mohr des Zaren'' (1883)

  • ''Unehrlich Volk'' (1885)

  • ''Alexandra'' (1888)

  • ''Eva'' (1889)

  • ''Wehe dem Besiegten'' (1889)

  • ''Die neue Zeit'' (1891)

  • ''Schuldig'' (1892)

    • Among his novels may be mentioned:

  • ''San Sebastian'' (1883)

  • ''Der Sohn der Volskerin'' (1885)

  • ''Die Sabinerin'' (1888)

  • ''Der Mönch von Berchtesgaden'' (1891)

  • ''Der neue Gott'' (1898)

  • ''Die Rächerin'' (1899)

  • ''Allerlei Erlebtes'' (1902)

  • ''Die Leute von Valdars'' (1902).


See M Goldmann, ''Richard Voss, ein literarisches Charakterbild'' (1900).