Aus Dem Leben Eines Taugenichts: Novelle

New York, NY: Henry Holt. Very Good-. 1906. Hardcover. Very Good: shows light wear to the extremities; mild rubbing to the panels; moderate spine lean; dust-darkening to the top edge of the text pages. The binding remains secure; the text is clean. Former owner's name and address at the front free endpaper. Despite some minor flaws, remains a handsome little volume, showing moderate wear an minor imperfections. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 12mo. (6.75 x 4.55 x 0.65 inches. Introduction, Notes and Vocabulary by George M. Howe. The Text of the Novelle is in German. Editorial Apparatus is in English. Weight: 8.5 ounces. First Edition Thus [1906], unstated, in accordance with Holt's customary practice. Black cloth over boards with orange titles and designs at the front panel and orange titles at the backstrip. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 –1857) was a German poet and novelist of the later German romantic school. Eichendorff is regarded as one of the most important German Romantics and his works have sustained high popularity in Germany to the present day. Eichendorff's guiding poetic theme was that man should find happiness in full absorption of the beauties and changing moods of Nature. The lyricism of Eichendorff's poetry is much praised, and his poems have been set to music by many composers, including Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Richard Strauss, Friedrich Nietzsche, Hans Pfitzner, and Alexander Zemlinsky. Eichendorff's best known work, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts (English: Of the Life of a Good-For-Nothing) is a romantic novella, whose main themes are voyage and love. The protagonist leaves his father's mill and becomes a gardener at a Viennese castle where he falls in love with the daughter of the duke. Because she is unattainable he travels to Italy but then returns and encounters the surprising truth that opens the way to happiness. ; viii, 227 pages .