A German Christmas: Festive Tales From Berlin to Bavaria (Vintage Christmas Tales, 2)

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A German Christmas: Festive Tales From Berlin to Bavaria (Vintage Christmas Tales, 2)

A German Christmas: Festive Tales From Berlin to Bavaria (Vintage Christmas Tales, 2)

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In the Outer Suburbs (Stamm) - 2 stars (not much to do with Christmas - or Germany for that matter - it takes place in Manhattan) I quite enjoyed reading this collection of short stories and poems as part of this year's Christmas season celebration. I was familiar with The Brothers Grimm and E.T.A. Hoffmann contributions, and was also introduced to many other good authors. Some stories are just silly, like "Every Year Once Again--The Client Gift", while others are quite heart-wrenching, like "The Separation". Peter Rosegger's "Christmas Eve" is one of my favorites for how it envelopes readers in the spirit of the season, has some action set in the wintery wilderness, and concludes with a nuanced moral message (also features a very good dog).

the others came and I was with none of them, they had all gone down into the forest and through the valley and up the other side to the high road, and in all directions. Even my mother had gone with them, and everywhere, all the time, had called out my name. Christmas with the Buddenbrooks - 3.75 stars (charming - hustle & bustle of Christmas Day from child's point of view )Christmas Eve (Peter Rosegger) - 5 stars (wonderful, wonderful, wonderful - best in the book, worth alone the price I paid for it) Now and then relatives came over to little Johann, and laying an arm on his shoulder and stroking his sailor-suit collar, they would examine his presents and admire them with the ironic exaggeration adults typically show for the treasures of George Eliot called him "Germany's greatest man of letters... and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Works span the fields of literature, theology, and humanism. greeting, but please give them to her for me. Anatol—Dear lady—you’re so kind. Gabrielle—You promise me? Anatol—With pleasure, why not? Gabrielle—So tell her... Anatol—Yes? Gabrielle—So tell her: “These flowers, my ... sweet girl, are sent to you by a woman, who can love just as well as you, but who didn’t have the courage...” We nodded. “You’re funny,” Frieda said. “Why don’t you just go to the Grunewald forest and steal one?” I have seen Father outraged many times, but never as outraged as he was this evening. He went pale as chalk. “Are you serious?” he asked hoarsely. Frieda was very surprised. “Of course,” she said, “that’s what everyone does.” “Everyone!” Father echoed, “everyone!” He stood up stiffly and took my hand. “You’ll permit me,” he

CHRISTMAS EVE Peter Rosegger-A remembrance of a Christmas Eve when a young boy lost on a path after midnight mass and rescued by a mad widowed old lady. 1877, a favorite!! Loved it!never amounted to much. I’ve made some big mistakes, let me tell you.” He lectured his nephew with sober insistence, while Hanno looked up at him in curiosity. But then, after a pause, during which his bony, gaunt face brightened again as he examined the theater, he suddenly brought one of the figures forward on the stage and, in a hollow, croaking vibrato, began to sing, “Oh, what horrible offenses!” And then he pushed the harmonium stool over in front of the stage, sat down, and began putting on an opera, singing With this key figure of German literature, the movement of Weimar classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries coincided with Enlightenment, sentimentality (Empfindsamkeit), Sturm und Drang, and Romanticism. The author of the scientific text Theory of Colours, he influenced Darwin with his focus on plant morphology. He also long served as the privy councilor ("Geheimrat") of the duchy of Weimar. Then Friedrichshain park appeared before us and we fell silent. The blue spruce that Father had his eye on stood in the middle of a round flower bed of roses covered in straw. It was a good meter and a half tall and a model of regular growth. As the earth was frozen only just under the surface it didn’t take long at all before Father had exposed the roots. Then we carefully tipped the

and gesticulating, now waving his arms in imitation of the conductor, now playing the various roles. Several members of the family gathered behind him, laughing and shaking their heads in amusement. Hanno watched with genuine delight. After a while, however, to everyone’s surprise, Christian suddenly stopped. He fell silent and a restless, earnest look passed over his face; he rubbed his hand across his bald head and then down his whole left side. He turned around now to his audience CHRISTMAS IN COCHINCHINA Joseph Roth- remembering past and not being able to relive the joy. 1929 Good Anatol—Dear ... lady!? [She gets into the taxi, it drives off as he watches it disappear. He stands still for a moment, looks at his watch and rushes off. Curtain]

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ON CHRISTMAS EVE Helene Stökl- 1883 A lonely lady in search of some comfort from the past. Favorite, the best. MARTIN’S CHRISTMAS WISH Erich Kästner- Parents are missing their young son, Martin who is away at school for Christmas, they are poor and are surprised when he shows up with presents. His schoolmaster gave him money so he could go home. Goethe took great interest in the literatures of England, France, Italy, classical Greece, Persia, and Arabia and originated the concept of Weltliteratur ("world literature"). Despite his major, virtually immeasurable influence on German philosophy especially on the generation of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, he expressly and decidedly refrained from practicing philosophy in the rarefied sense. I enjoyed almost all and a couple were outstanding! Merry Christmas with some sad and happy endings. THE LOAN Wolfdietrich Schnurre-A poor father and son borrow a Christmas tree from a park and return it soon after for it to grow. 1881 Very Good!



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