Dame Care by Hermann Sudermann
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"Dame Care" by Hermann Sudermann is a novel published in 1887. This tale of East Prussian peasant life follows a boy whose godmother becomes Dame Care herself—a figure who promises he'll never starve if his soul, youth, and hope are given as hostage. The grim story weaves legend with reality as the protagonist battles against nature's forces, until a woman's love threatens to break the dark charm binding his fate. (This is
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| Author | Sudermann, Hermann, 1857-1928 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Overbeck, Bertha |
| Uniform Title | Frau Sorge. English |
| Title | Dame Care |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frau_Sorge |
| Credits |
Text file produced by Ted Garvin, David Widger and the Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Self-sacrifice -- Fiction |
| Subject | Family farms -- Germany -- Fiction |
| Subject | Farmers -- Germany -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 8487 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Feb 26, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 468 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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