Der Golem

Credits: Gustav Meyrink (author)

Summary

A narrator drifts into a dream in which he is Athanasius Pernath, a gem carver in the old Jewish ghetto of Prague who has lost his memory. A mysterious stranger, an old book and the legend of the Golem, said to reappear every thirty-three years, draw him into the secrets of the crooked lanes around him. A dreamlike mystical novel and a classic of fantastic literature.

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

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Chapters (20)

  1. 1. Schlaf
  2. 2. Tag
  3. 3. Kapitel 3
  4. 4. Prag
  5. 5. Punsch
  6. 6. Nacht
  7. 7. Wach
  8. 8. Schnee
  9. 9. Spuk
  10. 10. Licht
  11. 11. Not
  12. 12. Angst
  13. 13. Trieb
  14. 14. Weib
  15. 15. List
  16. 16. Qual
  17. 17. Mai
  18. 18. Mond
  19. 19. Frei
  20. 20. Schluß

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