Geschwister Rosenbrock by Diedrich Speckmann
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"Geschwister Rosenbrock" by Diedrich Speckmann is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set in a North German moor colony, it follows the orphaned siblings Gerd and Leidchen (Adelheid) as they grow up amid hard work, strict customs, and tight-knit neighborly life. The story contrasts Gerd’s dutiful, steady nature with Leidchen’s lively, strong-willed temperament and places them within village tensions, especially with the miller’s son Hermann, and under the eyes of
old and new schoolmasters. The opening of the novel shows a winter schoolday in Brunsode interrupted when Gerd and Leidchen are called to their dying mother, whose last words bind Gerd to watch over his sister; the neighbor women then keep vigil, prepare the body, and the community attends the funeral in Grünmoor. A new teacher arrives, a snowfall frames his lesson on the moor, and a small revolt over Leidchen’s name (refusing “Adelheid”) signals her spirit, while a snowball battle cements Gerd’s rivalry with the boastful Hermann. At home, with their stepbrother Jan’s new family, the siblings work hard; sent to fetch heather-straw by boat, they share a playful quarrel over a gifted chocolate, hinting at Hermann’s unwanted attention. Time shifts to Leidchen’s confirmation: spring brilliance, a visit to their mother’s grave, and the solemn procession. That afternoon, Gerd and Leidchen walk their fields and the cut-over moor, recalling family toil, planning the coming peat work, and quietly sensing her passage from childhood, ending with his cautious care as she longs to climb among the pines. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Speckmann, Diedrich, 1872-1938 |
|---|---|
| Title | Geschwister Rosenbrock |
| Original Publication | Berlin: Verlag von Martin Warneck, 1921. |
| Credits | The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 81.5 (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. | 76104 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-76104-6 |
| Release Date | May 16, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 385 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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