Die Judenbuche by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
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"Die Judenbuche" by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff is a novella published in 1842. Set in an isolated eighteenth-century Westphalian village, it follows Friedrich Mergel, a poor shepherd boy born into disorder and violence. Under his uncle's influence, Friedrich becomes entangled in organized timber theft and finds himself connected to mysterious deaths, including that of a Jewish creditor found beneath a beech tree. The story blends social observation, crime mystery, and Gothic elements, deliberately
leaving readers uncertain about guilt and truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von, 1797-1848 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Unold, Max, 1885-1964 |
| Title | Die Judenbuche |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Judenbuche Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Judenbuche |
| Credits |
Produced by Peter Becker, Martin Oswald and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Country life -- Fiction |
| Subject | Murder -- Fiction |
| Subject | Westphalia (Germany) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 45798 |
| Release Date | May 28, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 595 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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