The ninth volume of the historical-critical edition of the works of Ferdinand von Saar contains the two narratives "Dissonanzen" and "Die Familie Worel" (published 1900 and 1905 respectively). Both works are presented in the text of the manuscript and with full accompanying critical apparatus. The interpretation concentrates on the author's artistic methods and the socio-political background. It transpires that in his final years von Saar (1833-1906) attempted to overcome what was for him an extremely painful discrepancy between tradition and modernity by resorting to a superordinate...