Frau Rietschel das Kind : Roman by Georg Hirschfeld
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"Frau Rietschel das Kind" by Georg Hirschfeld is a novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on a young Berlin jurist posted to a provincial town whose ambition and social calculation collide with genuine feeling, drawing him and a local confectioner’s daughter into a fraught relationship under the gaze of a judgmental community and a domineering family patron. The book explores desire, class, and respectability between small-town Strelenwalde and the
pull of Berlin, focusing on Viktor Schwarz, Liese Prutz, and the powerful Justizrat Joachim. The beginning of the novel follows Viktor, newly lodged opposite the Prutz confectionery, as a playful window flirtation with Liese deepens into courtship amid town gossip and her father’s suspicion. A visit from Viktor’s influential uncle brings an ultimatum: abandon Liese and secure a wealthy Berlin match or lose his career. After an intimate Pentecost tryst, Liese discovers she is pregnant and urges Viktor to ask her father for her hand; instead, he panics, flees to Berlin, and sends a coldly rational letter breaking off. Liese is cast out by her father but taken in by her loyal aunt, while Viktor, aided by relatives, covers his retreat with a story of nervous collapse, angles for advancement in Berlin, and allows himself to be steered toward an advantageous marriage. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Hirschfeld, Georg, 1873-1942 |
|---|---|
| Title | Frau Rietschel das Kind : Roman |
| Original Publication | Berlin: Deutsche Buchvereinigung »Neuland«, 1925. |
| Credits | The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 86.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | German fiction -- 20th century |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 76197 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76197-8 |
| Release Date | May 31, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 108 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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