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Availability:In StockContributor:Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff, Lionel Thomas (Translator), Doris Thomas (Translator)Series:Alma Classics 101 PagesPublish date:2024-06-18Pages:112
Language:EnglishPublisher:Alma BooksISBN-13:9781847499189ISBN-10:184749918XUPC:9781847499189Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Gothic, CrimeSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SC2TS34Z8F

Based on a true story, The Jew's Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia - the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree - and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich Mergel, a local herdsman with a turbulent family history.

A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny - ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgängers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest - as well as a famously ambiguous climax.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Alma BooksISBN-13:9781847499189ISBN-10:184749918XUPC:9781847499189Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Gothic, CrimeSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SC2TS34Z8F
Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848) is considered one of the most important German poets of the nineteenth century. Her classic novella The Jew's Beech is her only completed work of prose fiction.
Publisher: Alma Books

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