This collection includes essays by and about the philosophers Fichte, Schelling, and Schleiermacher, plus short works by Brentano, Grimm, Arndt, Koerner, Schenkendorf, Uhland, Eichendorff, Chamisso, Hoffman, Friedrich Baron de la Motte-Fouque, Wilhelm Hauff, Rueckert, and Platen-Hallermund. The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 5, edited by Kuno Francke.

50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die Vol.1 (German Edition) Inhalt: Kandide oder Die beste aller Welten (1759) Die Leiden des jungen Werther (1774) Ahnung und Gegenwart (1815) Frankenstein oder Der moderne Prometheus (1818) Ivanhoe (1819) Eugénie Grandet (1833) Vater Goriot (1835) Gullivers Reisen (1839) Die Entführung (1839) Die Kartause von Parma (1839) Der Pfadfinder (1840) Der Doppelmord in der Rue Morgue (1841) Die toten Seelen (1842) Ein Weihnachtslied (1843) Jane Eyre, di...

This collection includes essays by and about the philosophers Fichte, Schelling, and Schleiermacher, plus short works by Brentano, Grimm, Arndt, Koerner, Schenkendorf, Uhland, Eichendorff, Chamisso, Hoffman, Friedrich Baron de la Motte-Fouque, Wilhelm Hauff, Rueckert, and Platen-Hallermund. The German Classics Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Volume 5, edited by Kuno Francke.

Eichendorff's prose masterpiece - a picaresque account of the wanderings of a young man who leaves home after a row with his father, and who eventually finds love with the girl of his dreams - is one of the best-known classics of German literature. Deeply imbued with the style and sentiment of German Romanticism, and philosophical and poetic in its approach to nature and existence, "Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing" is at once an exhilarating romp and an exemplary distillation of nineteenth-c...

Sometimes you want to read in German. Sometimes you want to read in English.There’s a great option: bilingual books!Bilingual, or dual-language books, are books in which text appears side-by-side in both the target language and English. These are some of the German books to enjoy since you can practice your German without being in over your head.Plus, there are plenty of different types of bilingual books, so there’s something out there for any learner at any level. Yo...

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding German paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

Nana is the story of Nana Coupeau's rise from street prostitute to high-class escort. Emile Zola’s classic novel depicts a woman who starts off with nothing but uses her body and sensual skills to rise from the gutter to the top of society, destroying every man who wants her along the way.

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the AmericanRomantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to the emerging genre of science fiction. He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in ...

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince".

First published in 1845, ‘The Raven’ is a narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe, an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, specifically his tales of mystery and the macabre. The poem is often commented on for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven's mystifying visit to an agitated lover, tracing the man's slow fall into madness. The lover, often identified as being a student, i...

In "Zanoni," Edward Bulwer-Lytton intertwines the realms of mysticism and romance, delivering a narrative dense with philosophical inquiry and esoteric themes. Set against the backdrop of 18th-century Europe, the novel follows the eternal Rosicrucian, Zanoni, exploring the tension between personal enlightenment and societal constraints. Lytton's prose blends poetic elegance with the Gothic tradition, crafting a work that critiques materialism and celebrates the transcendent power of the hu...