Bunte Steine: Ein Festgeschenk by Adalbert Stifter
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"Bunte Steine: Ein Festgeschenk" by Adalbert Stifter is a collection of six stories published in 1853. The work includes Stifter's famous preface on the "gentle law," which argues that quiet natural phenomena—like growing grain and shimmering stars—are as significant as dramatic events like thunderstorms and volcanoes. Though subtitled "a holiday gift" and featuring young protagonists, these tales explore profound themes through seemingly simple observations. Each story is named after a different stone,
reflecting Stifter's belief in finding greatness within small, everyday moments of nature and human life. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Stifter, Adalbert, 1805-1868 |
|---|---|
| Title | Bunte Steine: Ein Festgeschenk |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motley_Stones |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunte_Steine |
| Contents | Granit -- Kalkstein -- Turmalin -- Bergkristall -- Katzensilber -- Bergmilch. |
| Credits |
Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Daniel Kraft, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 71.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Short stories, German |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 29553 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-29553-4 |
| Release Date | Jul 31, 2009 |
| Last Update | Jan 5, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1079 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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