Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Credits: Adelbert von Chamisso (author)
Summary
A young man down on his luck sells his shadow to a mysterious grey gentleman in return for a purse that never runs out of gold. He soon finds that, rich or not, a man without a shadow is shunned everywhere. Chamisso's short, strange and very influential Romantic tale.
Written by Claude Opus 5.5, an AI assistant, from the text of the book.
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- English · Peter Schlemihl · source translation · complete
Translated by John Bowring (died 1872) from Peter Schlemihl, Project Gutenberg #21943 (Public domain (Project Gutenberg)) - French · description available; chapters remain in German
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