These stories were originally published in a popular almanack edited for a wide readership. They cover a broad spectrum of human experience, their dramatis personae ranging from Napoleon to common soldiers, working men and women, servants, and petty criminals.
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HEBEL, JOHANN PETER (1760-1826), German poet and popular writer, is one of the most widely read of all German popular poets and writers. His poetical narratives and lyric poems, written in dialect, are popular in the best sense. His Allemannische Gedichle (1803) bucolicize, in the words of Goethe, the whole world in the most attractive manner. Indeed, few modern German poets surpass him in fidelity, naIvety, humour, and in the freshness and vigour of his descriptions. His poem, Die Wiese, has been described as the pearl of German idyllic poetry; while his prose writings, especially the narratives and essays belong to the best class of German stories.
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Hebel wrote an almanac called The Treasure Chest in the early 19th century; these stories are culled from that. They are works of genius: Kafka declared one of his stories "the most wonderful story in the world," and with good reason. Hebel combines fantastic plots -- worthy of Dashiell Hammet -- with deep and melancholy themes (and also light-hearted ones). You'll gasp at some of the cleverness: cleverness of an order to rival Shakespeare and Ben Jonson, but worked out in very short, very entertaining stories. It's a great book.
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A King of France was told by his valet about a man who was seventy-five years of age and had never been outside Paris: he had only heard talk of country lanes, the fields or springtime. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Freddy Tinder, Mister Charles, Emperor Napoleon, Andreas Hofer, Carrot-Top Jack, Emperor Joseph, Saint Alphonsus, Terrible Disasters, Bad Bargain, Curious Ghost Story, Empress Maria Theresa, Harry Tinder, The Cure, The Dentist, The Three Thieves, Cunning Meets, Emperor Francis, Fine Horse, Franz Anton Egetmeier, Ghastly Story, King of France, King of Prussia, Meanwhile Freddy, Our Father, Strange Divorce New!
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A King of France was told by his valet about a man who was seventy-five years of age and had never been outside Paris: he had only heard talk of country lanes, the fields or springtime. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
twelve kreuzers, clever judge, fruit woman Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Freddy Tinder, Mister Charles, Emperor Napoleon, Andreas Hofer, Carrot-Top Jack, Emperor Joseph, Saint Alphonsus, Terrible Disasters, Bad Bargain, Curious Ghost Story, Empress Maria Theresa, Harry Tinder, The Cure, The Dentist, The Three Thieves, Cunning Meets, Emperor Francis, Fine Horse, Franz Anton Egetmeier, Ghastly Story, King of France, King of Prussia, Meanwhile Freddy, Our Father, Strange Divorce New!
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- The Memoirs of Elias Canetti: The Tongue Set Free, The Torch in My Ear, The Play of the Eyes by Elias Canetti on page 209, and page 805
- Stories of Mr. Keuner by Bertolt Brecht on page 110
- The Body in the Library: A Literary Anthology of Modern Medicine by Iain Bamforth on page 24
- I Will Bear Witness 1942-1945: A Diary of the Nazi Years by Victor Klemperer on page 191
- German Stories/Deutsche Erzählungen: A Bilingual Anthology by Harry Steinhauer on page 54
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