The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. 12 of 20
Author: Kuno Francke
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-16
Total Pages: 568
ISBN-13: 9780266379294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExcerpt from The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Vol. 12 of 20: Masterpieces of German Literature, Translated Into English As a novelist Freytag is Often compared with Charles Dickens, largely on account of the humor that so frequently breaks forth from his pages. It is a different kind Of humor, not so obstreperous, not so exaggerated, but it helps to lighten the whole in much the same way. One moment it is an incongruous simile, at another a bit of sly satire; now infinitely small things are spoken of as though they were great, and again we have the reverse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.