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Designed expressly for the beginning German language student, here is an outstanding collection offifty-two short stories, poems, essays, and anecdotes. Each selection has been specially chosen forits power to evoke German life and culture. This dual-language edition features precise English translations on pages that face the original German text. New students will enjoy the pleasure of reading great German literature from the very first page, as the selections have been arranged to accommodate the gradual improvement of language skills. Helpful vocabulary and language exercises are also...

The short stories in this bilingual anthology are from the works of some of the great masters of the German literary tradition--including Goethe, Kleist, Mann, and Kafka--and offer a representative collection illustrating the development of German fiction from the late eighteenth to the late twentieth centuries.

The novella, one of the most sophisticated genres of narrative literature, owes its development primarily to German belles letters. In the present collection, Mr. Steinhauer has assembled a representative sampling that ranges from the Enlightenment to the postwar periods and reveals the scope and flexibility of this art form. Included are Wieland's Love and Friendship Tested, Kleist's Michael Kohlhaas, Chamisso's Peter Schlemihl, Hoffmann's Mademoiselle de ScudEry, Keller's Clothes Make the Man, Meyer's Sufferings of a Boy, Mann's The Bajazzo,...