The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man, and The Cold Heart by Chamisso et al.

"The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man, and The Cold Heart" by Adelbert von Chamisso is a novella written in 1814. Peter Schlemihl trades his shadow to the Devil for a bottomless wallet, only to discover that society shuns a man without a shadow. When the Devil offers to return his shadow in exchange for his soul, Schlemihl refuses and seeks refuge in nature instead. Traveling the world with seven-league boots, he must find meaning beyond wealth and social acceptance in this cautionary tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838
Author Hauff, Wilhelm, 1802-1827
Author of introduction, etc. Rappoport, A. S. (Angelo Solomon), 1871-1950
Illustrator Robson, Forster
Title The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man, and The Cold Heart
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schlemihl
Credits Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive
Reading Level Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Conduct of life -- Fiction
Subject Fairy tales -- Germany
Subject Shades and shadows -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 32219
Release Date
Last Update Jan 29, 2013
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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