Unterm Birnbaum

Summary

In a village in the Oderbruch in the 1830s, the innkeeper Hradscheck is deep in debt and his wife longs for a better life. When a travelling agent who came to collect money vanishes one winter night, the village begins to talk. A short crime novel by Fontane, more interested in conscience and gossip than in detection.

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

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• English · description available; chapters remain in German

Chapters (20)

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
11. 11. Kapitel 11
12. 12. Kapitel 12
13. 13. Kapitel 13
14. 14. Kapitel 14
15. 15. Kapitel 15
16. 16. Kapitel 16
17. 17. Kapitel 17
18. 18. Kapitel 18
19. 19. Kapitel 19
20. 20. Kapitel 20