The Best Calendar Stories
Selection by Matthias Reiner | Illustrated by Irmela Schautz
The Best Calendar Stories / Die schönsten Kalendergeschichten
Selection by Matthias Reiner | Illustrated by Irmela Schautz
Johann Peter Hebel’s short and amiable stories, which he began writing in 1803, are unique in German literary history. Put into simple words to entertain and »enlighten« the widest possible audience in the then popular annual calendars, they have lost nothing of their naïve and sophisticated charm nor their timeless validity. The exemplary stories continue to be loved by readers and are still published in primers. This volume contains Hebel’s finest calendar stories...
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Johann Peter Hebel’s short and amiable stories, which he began writing in 1803, are unique in German literary history. Put into simple words to entertain and »enlighten« the widest possible audience in the then popular annual calendars, they have lost nothing of their naïve and sophisticated charm nor their timeless validity. The exemplary stories continue to be loved by readers and are still published in primers. This volume contains Hebel’s finest calendar stories from »Kannitverstan« and »Unverhofftes Wiedersehen« to »Das Mittagessen im Hof«. This edition is furnished with imaginative illustrations by Irmela Schautz.
»Hebel‘s stories are some of the most beautiful stories in the German language.« Marcel Reich-Ranicki
»Hebel‘s stories are some of the most beautiful stories in the German language.« Marcel Reich-Ranicki
2023, 84 pages
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Johann Peter Hebel
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Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel in 1760, was an author, theologian and pedagogue. His most famous works include, next to the Allemanische Gedichte, the Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes, a selection of his most famous calendar stories. Hebel died in Schwetzingen in 1826.
Johann Peter Hebel
Author
Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel in 1760, was an author, theologian and pedagogue. His most famous works include, next to the Allemanische...