Chapters (73)
- VILLAGE STORIES
- Berthold Auerbach
- TRANSLATED BY
- CHARLES GOEPP
- AUTHOR'S EDITION
- NEW YORK LEYPOLDT & HOLT 1869
- BLACK FOREST
- VILLAGE STORIES.
- THE GAWK
- THE PIPE OF WAR.
- MANOR-HOUSE FARMER'S VEFELA. 1.
- 2.
- NIP-CHEEKED TONEY.
- GOOD GOVERNMENT.
- 1.
- 2.
- THE HOSTILE BROTHERS.
- IVO, THE GENTLEMAN.
- 1. THE FIRST MASS.
- 2. THE TEACHER.
- 3. CHILD'S LOVE.
- 4. BRINDLE AND THE GOSLINGS.
- 5. LIFE IN THE FIELDS.
- 6. THE GRAMMAR-SCHOOL.
- 7. THE CONVENT.
- 8. THE HOLIDAYS.
- 9. THE FRIENDS.
- 10. A MEETING.
- 11. THE COLLEGE.
- 12. THE COLLEGE CHAP.
- 13. DISCORD.
- 14. THE QUARREL.
- 15. RELEASE.
- FLORIAN AND CRESCENCE.
- 1. THE GIRLS AT THE WELL.
- 2. FLYING OFF THE HANDLE.
- 3. WEEKDAY LIFE ON SUNDAY.
- 4. HOW FLORIAN AND CRESCENCE MET AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
- 5. FLORIAN DROPS A BUTTON OR TWO.
- 6. FLORIAN IN CLOVER.
- 7. DOWN HILL.
- 8. FLORIAN LOSES MONEY AND WINS CRESCENCE.
- 9. WHAT BECOMES OF A SCAPEGRACE AND OF A LOVING GIRL.
- 10. FLORIAN DISDAINS THE HELP WHICH IS OFFERED HIM.
- 11. FLORIAN HELPS HIMSELF.
- 12. NEW BOOTS, AND HOW THEY PINCHED.
- 13. THE GAUNTLET.
- 14. MISERY AND FUN.
- 15. A CHILD LOST AND A FATHER FOUND.
- THE LAUTERBACHER.
- "WISDOM IN THE FIELDS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- JUST PUBLISHED.
- The Gain of a Loss.
- The Fisher Maiden.
- LEYPOLDT & HOLT, Publishers,
- IN PRESS.
- F. SPIELHAGEN'S
- COMPLETE WORKS.
- I.
- Problematic Characters.
- II.
- Through Night to Light.
- III.
- The Hohensteins.
- IV.
- Hammer and Anvil.
- V.
- In Rank and File.
- VI.
- Rose, and the Village Coquette.
- SPECIAL NOTICE.
- LEYPOLDT & HOLT, PUBLISHERS,
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