Theodor Storm: The Rider of the White Horse (The Dikegrave)
A classic German novella, in which a man wrestles
with the most elementary forces of nature.

Heinrich von Kleist: Michael Kohlhaas
(A Tale from an Old Chronicle)
Based upon the figure of Hans Kohlhase, a 16th century merchant who turned violent after being attacked and victimized by the authorities.

Theodor Fontane: Trials and Tribulations. A Berlin Novel

The gentle melancholy of two people coming together in a way which can never lead to full satisfaction, the quiet tragedy of a separation not forced by external powers but by the constant pressure of circumstances-this is what sounds through this splendid story. "Trials and Tribulations" is built entirely on this motive...

Franz Grillparzer: The Poor Musician (Novella)

"The Poor Musician" is an autobiographical
novella by Austria's famous dramatist and
poet Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872).

Heinrich Heine: Germany. A Winter Tale (Bilingual Edition:
Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen)

Germany. A Winter Tale is a satirical verse epic by German author Heinrich Heine (1797-1856).

Heinrich Heine: Florentine Nights

During his stay in Italy, Heinrich Heine
(1797-1856) visited Florence, with which
he was delighted beyond measure. The literary outcome of this visit was the well-known fantastic and brilliant "Florentine Nights." It is a series of brilliant pictures united by a very slight thread of connection. More...

Heinrich Heine: From the Memoirs of Herr
von Schnabelewopski

Heine's general interest in legends and
folk tales is evident in his "Memoirs of
Herr von Schnabelewopski", in which he
tells, inter alia, the story of the Flying
Dutchman that became the source for
an opera by Richard Wagner... More...

Heinrich Heine: The Rabbi of Bacharach

An unfinished novel that describes the life
of Rabbi Abraham and his wife Sara at the
end of the Middle Ages in the small town
of Bacharach on the Rhine and in the Jewish
quarter of Frankfurt on the Main. More...

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach:
Krambambuli. The District Doctor.
(Two Novellas)

Austrian writer Baroness (Freifrau)
Marie von Ebner Eschenbach (1830-1916)
was one of the foremost novelists in the
German tongue, and one of the best
short-story writers in the world.

Salomon Landolt, the noble and impartial
judge and governor, hits upon the grotesque
plan of inviting all his former sweethearts to a
festival at his castle. The five ladies accept
the invitation not knowing that the others
would be there.. More...

Gottfried Keller: Ursula

Love during the time of the Swiss Reformation.
Swiss-German classic novella.

Gottfried Keller: The Village Romeo and Juliet

Love and death in the Swiss country.
A Swiss-German classic novella.

E. T. A. Hoffmann: Two Mysterious Tales:
The Sandman. The Elementary Spirit.

No literature can produce a more original
writer than E. T. A. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor
Amadeus Hoffmann; 1776–1822), a German
Romantic author of fantasy and horror.
In these two stories, Hoffmann's purpose is
to point out the ill-effect of a morbid desire after an
imaginary world, and a distaste for realities.

Wilhelm Hauff: The Cold Heart. Nose, the Dwarf (Two Tales).

Only a few of Hauff's famous tales take place in Germany,
among them the "Nose, the Dwarf" and "The Cold Heart."...

Franz Grillparzer: The Poor Musician (Novella).

"The Poor Musician" is an autobiographical
novella by Austria's famous dramatist and
poet Franz Grillparzer (1791-1872).

Wilhelm Raabe: The Hunger Pastor (A Novel).

The budding pastor, who was born into poverty, "hungers" for knowledge and a respected place in society, but he constantly stumbles over obstacles that his own life, as well as the lives of his family and friends, place before him.

Wilhelm Raabe: The Hunger Pastor (A Novel).

The budding pastor, who was born into poverty, "hungers" for knowledge and a respected place in society, but he constantly stumbles over obstacles that his own life, as well as the lives of his family and friends, place before him.

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing: Minna von Barnhelm or The Soldier's Fortune

The importance of Lessing's masterpiece in comedy, "Minna von Barnhelm," is difficult to exaggerate. It was the beginning of German national drama...

Bernhard Kellerman: God's Beloved (A Novella).

What we find in the insane asylum of God's Beloved
are strange human communities, presented in the
characteristic atmosphere of their milieu...

TheodorStorm, Adelbert von Chamisso,
Adalbert Stifter:
Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century (Immensee.
Peter Schlemihl. Brigitta)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe:
The Sorrows of Young Werther
A loosely autobiographical novel.
It was Goethe's first major success,
turning him from an unknown into a
celebrated author overnight.

NONFICTION:

Sigmund Freud: Dream Psychology (Psychoanalysis for Beginners)
An Introduction to Dream Analysis and Psychoanalysis.

Friedrich Engels: Feuerbach--The Roots of Scialist Philosophy.
Karl Marx: Theses on Feuerbach
This work is a testimony with regard to the method employed by Marx and Engels in arriving at their philosophical conclusions...

Karl Marx: The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

Historical essay about Napoleon III.

Friedrich Engels: Socialism:
Engels' introduction into socialism: A social-historical essay.