Twelve German Novellas [Paperback]

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'sLove and Friendship Tested, Kleist'sMichael Kohlhaas, Chamisso's PeterSchlemihl, Hoffmann'sMademoiselle de Scudéry, Keller'sClothes Make the Man, Meyer'sSufferings of a Boy, Mann'sThe Bajazzo, Fontane'sStine, Hauptmann'sHeretic of Soana, Kafka'sHunger Artist, Schnitzler'sFräulein Else, and Bergengruen'sOrdeal by Fire.

Preface
Introduction
Christoph Martin Wieland,Love and Friendship Tested
Heinrich von Kleist,Michael Kohlhaas
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann,Mademoiselle de Scud?ry
Adelbert von Chamisso,The Strange Story of Peter Schlemihl
Gottfried Keller,Clothes Make the Man
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer,The Sufferings of a Boy
Theodor Fontane,Stine
Thomas Mann,The Buffoon
Gerhart Hauptmann,The Heretic of Soana
Arthur Schnitzler,Fraulein Else
Franz Kafka,A Hunger Artist
Werner Bergengruen,Ordeal by Fire