The Treasure Chest
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Treasure Chest
By (Author) Johann Hebel
By (author) John Hibberd
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
28th July 2005
26th January 1995
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
Short stories
833.6
Physical Properties
Paperback
208
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 1mm
145g
Description
'I don't believe there is a book in the world that engraved itself in my mind as minutely as this one' Elias Canetti A wonderful collection of moral tales, anecdotes, jokes, reports of murders, disasters and mysteries, all originally written for inclusion in a popular religious almanac.
Author Bio
HEBEL, JOHANN PETER (1760-1826), German poet and popular writer, is one of the most widely read of all German popular poets and writers. His poetical narratives and lyric poems, written in dialect, are popular in the best sense. His Allemannische Gedichle (1803) bucolicize, in the words of Goethe, the whole world in the most attractive manner. Indeed, few modern German poets surpass him in fidelity, naIvety, humour, and in the freshness and vigour of his descriptions. His poem, Die Wiese, has been described as the pearl of German idyllic poetry; while his prose writings, especially the narratives and essays belong to the best class of German stories.
