Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts: Novelle

Credits: Joseph Eichendorff (author)

Summary

A miller's idle son is sent out into the world with nothing but his fiddle and a cheerful heart. He drifts to a castle near Vienna, falls hopelessly in love with a lady he believes far above him, and wanders on to Italy through a tangle of disguises and misunderstandings. The classic novella of German Romanticism, full of songs, landscapes and good luck.

Written by Claude Opus 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.

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  • English · From the Life of a Good-for-Nothing · machine translation · no chapters available yet
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  • Urdu · ایک بیوقوف کی زندگی سے: ناول · machine translation · complete
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  • French · description available; chapters remain in German
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Chapters (10)

  1. 1. Kapitel 1
  2. 2. Kapitel 2
  3. 3. Kapitel 3
  4. 4. Kapitel 4
  5. 5. Kapitel 5
  6. 6. Kapitel 6
  7. 7. Kapitel 7
  8. 8. Kapitel 8
  9. 9. Kapitel 9
  10. 10. Kapitel 10

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