- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (26 Jan 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0140446397
- ISBN-13: 978-0140446395
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 205,188 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A wonderful collection of moral tales, anecdotes, jokes, reports of murders, disasters and mysteries, all originally written for inclusion in a popular religious almanac.
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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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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
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having been enchanted by the stories I heard on Radio 4,I had to buy this book and was not disappointed,wonderful tales full of humour,sadness,love and life! I have read some of the stories to my children and they too were totally captivated.A "must have" for any lover of short stories.Great book!
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The art of story telling is dying but here is a collection from a past master. Short tales: sad, happy and everything in between. A real breath of fresh air.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Radio 4 broadcast three of these short stories, and having heard those gems, I wanted more. They are indeed short stories, some only a paragraph long, but irrespective of their length, most have a cunning twist or sharp point to them. There are a few that are lost on me, probably because of a lack of understanding on my part of the attitudes abound in the time that they were write.
Some of these stories are even suitable for bed time with the children, possibly a small amount of editorial input is required by the reader of course.
Brilliant coffee table sort of book too !
Some of these stories are even suitable for bed time with the children, possibly a small amount of editorial input is required by the reader of course.
Brilliant coffee table sort of book too !
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