Twelve German Novellas

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's "Love and Friendship Tested", Kleist's "Michael Kohlhaas", Chamisso's "Peter Schlemihl", Hoffmann's "Mademoiselle de Scudery", Keller's "Clothes Make the Man", Meyer's "Sufferings of a Boy", Mann's "The Bajazzo", Fontane's "Stine", Hauptmann's "Heretic of Soana", Kafka's "Hunger Artist", Schnitzler's "Fraulein Else", and Bergengruen's "Ordeal by Fire". 

Preface Introduction Christoph Martin Wieland, Love and Friendship Tested Heinrich von Kleist, Michael Kohlhaas Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Mademoiselle de Scudery 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