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...

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: 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...