Der arme Spielmann
10 best books like Der arme Spielmann (Franz Grillparzer): Dream Story, First Love, The Nose, Lieutenant Gustl, The Visit, Mother Courage and Her Children, Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe, Der Sandmann, Der Schimmelreiter, Emilia Galotti
| Author | Arthur Schnitzler |
| ISBN | 0141182245 |
“Am I sure? Only as sure as I am that the reality of one night, let alone that of a whole lifetime, can ever be the whole truth.”
The Bride (1918) by Klimt
It all begins with a confession of sorts as his wife Albertine tells him of a fantasy she had involving a man that she saw on their...
| Author | Ivan Turgenev |
| ISBN | 0974607894 |
This vivid, sensitive tale of adolescent love follows a 16-year-old boy who falls in love with a beautiful, older woman and experiences a whirlwind of changing emotions, from exaltation and jealousy to despair and devotion.
This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas includes...
| Author | Nikolai Gogol |
| ISBN | 0688104649 |
Gogol’s “The Nose” (1835), is an early triumph of surrealism, daring and delightful in the way it jars and disjoins one realitiy from another, but it is also a vivid realistic depiction of the sights and sounds of early 19th century St. Petersburg (including the essential bridges, buildings...
| Author | Arthur Schnitzler |
| ISBN | 1557131767 |
Viennese author Schnitzler's brief 1901 novel depicts the Austrian crisis at the turn of the century and the impending collapse of the dream of the empire. Bored at the opera, egocentric young Lieutenant Gustl contemplates which women are flirting with him; the fact that there are too many Jews in the...
| Author | Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
| ISBN | 0802130666 |
This is the first complete English translation of the play that many critics consider to be Durrenmatt's finest work. Unlike an earlier version adapted for the English-language stage, this translation adheres faithfully to the author's original play as it was published and performed in German.
The...
Mother Courage and Her Children
Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, "Mother Courage and Her Children" is Bertolt Brecht's most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling -- "Mother Courage" -- an itinerant trader, as she pulls...
| Author | Gottfried Keller |
| ISBN | 3150061725 |
In Anspielung auf eine Meldung, die Keller in einer Züricher Zeitung las, und natürlich auf Shakespeares Tragödie beginnt die Erzählung:
"Diese Geschichte zu erzählen würde eine müßige Nachahmung sein, wenn sie nicht auf einem wirklichen Vorfall beruhte, zum Beweise, wie tief im...
| Author | E.T.A. Hoffmann |
| ISBN | 3458326340 |
I read this rather (no very) creepy tale years ago, and while I truly enjoyed and above all appreciated E. T. A. Hoffmann's Der Sandmann, I also do not much feel like a detailed and intense rereading at this time, as the plot, the thematics actually repeatedly produced some rather vivid and glaring nightmares...
I´ve read the book “Der Schimmelreiter” written by Theodor Storm, and plays in North Friesland. Storm illustrates the typical life at the North Sea Coast, which was in the past a permanent fight against the unpredictability of our nature. It´s a fact that the life at the coast gives barely any...
| Author | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing |
| ISBN | 3150000459 |
Mit dem 1772 erschienenen und uraufgeführten Drama Emilia Galotti schuf Gotthold Ephraim Lessing eines der bedeutendsten Beispiele für die Gattung des bürgerlichen Trauerspiels. Das Stück, das zu den Schlüsselwerken der Aufklärung und Empfindsamkeit gehört sowie als eines der ersten...
| Author | Georg Büchner |
| ISBN | 3150060605 |
Fransız İhtilali'nin beşinci yılı. Devrimde önemli rol oynayan Danton, Camille, Herault, Lacroix ve Philippeau, Robespierre ve Saint-Just tarafından ihanetle suçlanıyorlar ve devrim mahkemesine çıkarılıyorlar.
"Ahlak düşüklüğünü yaftalayıp afaroz edemezsin,...
Die Novelle "Bahnwärter Thiel" entstand 1887 und gehört zu den herausragenden Werken des Naturalismus. Thiel ist ein in sich gekehrter Mensch, der nicht viele Worte macht, sich jedoch mit den Nachbarskindern abgibt und seinen Beruf mit Hingebung ausführt. Er gerät in einen wachsenden inneren...
