Zum wilden Mann by Wilhelm Raabe
"Zum wilden Mann" by Wilhelm Raabe is a novella written in 1873 and published in 1885. In a small German town near the Kyffhäuser, apothecary Philipp Kristeller recounts to friends how he acquired his pharmacy thirty years earlier with money left by a mysterious acquaintance named August. When August returns as a decorated Brazilian colonel, the reunion seems joyful—until his true intentions emerge. This tale explores how friendship crumbles when confronted with
greed and self-interest in Germany's materialistic Gründerzeit era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Raabe, Wilhelm, 1831-1910 |
|---|---|
| Title | Zum wilden Mann |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zum_wilden_Mann |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Germany -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction |
| Subject | Germany, Northern -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 22123 |
| Release Date | Jul 23, 2007 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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