Adventures of a Simpleton
Adventures of a Simpleton

Author: Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2002-10-31

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780826414823

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Simplex starts out in life as innocent as any child - even more so. But then the soldiers came. And Simplex takes his first stumbling step out into the wide world. He is pressed into service as a court jester and carried off by the Croats. He fights in the war, now on this side, now on that. As a fancy-free lighthearted gallant, he slips into a pretty girl's boudoir only to be escorted from it the same night as a trapped and heavyhearted husband. He acquires great wealth by robbery and sinks into poverty out of magnanimity.

The Adventures of a Simpleton
The Adventures of a Simpleton

Author: Hans Jakob Christoph Grimmelshausen

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781014626240

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The New Southern Gentleman
The New Southern Gentleman

Author: Jim Booth

Publisher: Watchmaker Publishing

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780972178600

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"Daniel Randolph Deal is a Southern aristocrat, having the required bloodline, but little of the nobility. A man resistant to the folly of ethics, he prefers a selective, self-indulgent morality. He is a confessed hedonist, albeit responsibly so."--Back cover

The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus
The Adventures of Simplicius Simplicissimus

Author: Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2018-03-01

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 0141982128

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'Gaudy, wild, raw, amusing, rollicking and ragged, boiling with life, on intimate terms with death and evil - but in the end, contrite and fully tired of a world wasting itself in blood, pillage and lust' Thomas Mann A story of war in all its absurdity and horror, this incomparable novel describes the fortunes of a young boy travelling through a world ravaged by conflict, and the terrible things he witnesses. Written by someone who fought in the Thirty Years War which decimated Europe in the seventeenth century, it combines brutal, documentary realism with fantastical, knockabout humour to depict a universe turned upside down. This pioneering work of fiction is considered to be the first great German novel. Translated by J. A. Underwood with an Introduction by Kevin Cramer

The Adventurous Simplicissimus
The Adventurous Simplicissimus

Author: Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-12-01

Total Pages: 527

ISBN-13: 1627938982

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The novel follows a boy from the Spessart named Simplicius in the Holy Roman Empire during the 30 Years War as he grows up in the depraved environment and joins the armies of both warring sides, switching allegiances several times. Born to an illiterate peasant family, he is separated from his home by foraging dragoons and is eventually adopted by a forest hermit. He is conscripted at a young age into service, and from there embarks on years of foraging, military triumph, wealth, prostitution, disease, travels to Russia, and countless other adventures.

The Adventures of Simple Simon
The Adventures of Simple Simon

Author: Chris Conover

Publisher: Sunburst

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780374400965

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Presents an illustrated version of the simpleton's misadventures. Hidden in the story are characters from sixteen nursery rhymes.