Metzerott, Shoemaker by Katharine Pearson Woods
"Metzerott, Shoemaker" by Katharine Pearson Woods is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Karl Metzerott, a shoemaker in the fictional poor district of Micklegard, where he balances his aspirations for socialism with the realities of his day-to-day life. The narrative also delves into his relationships with key characters like his mother, Frau Metzerott, and Dora Weglein, a young woman whose fate becomes intertwined with Karl’s own.
The opening portion of the novel introduces us to Karl Metzerott as he prepares to attend a social gathering known as a "Kaffee Klatsch." Through his interactions, we learn about his socialist beliefs and the humble life he leads alongside his well-meaning yet concerned mother. As tension builds, we see glimpses of potential future relationships with women like Dora, who recently suffered loss but is presented as a possible love interest for Karl. The scene captures the juxtaposition of hard work, ambition, and the struggle for connection in a community facing economic hardship, setting the stage for the unfolding narrative filled with personal and societal challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read now or download (free!)
Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67671.html.images | 726 kB | ||||
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67671.epub3.images | 524 kB | ||||
EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67671.epub.images | 532 kB | ||||
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67671.epub.noimages | 331 kB | ||||
Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67671.kf8.images | 720 kB | ||||
older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67671.kindle.images | 676 kB | ||||
Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67671.txt.utf-8 | 643 kB | ||||
Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/67671/pg67671-h.zip | 545 kB | ||||
There may be more files related to this item. |
Similar Books
About this eBook
Author | Woods, Katharine Pearson, 1853-1923 |
---|---|
LoC No. | 08037248 |
Title | Metzerott, Shoemaker |
Original Publication | United States: T.Y. Crowell & Co.,1889. |
Note | Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
Credits | Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
Language | English |
LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
Subject | Shoemakers -- Fiction |
Subject | German Americans -- Fiction |
Subject | Christian socialism -- Fiction |
Category | Text |
EBook-No. | 67671 |
Release Date | Mar 21, 2022 |
Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
Downloads | 90 downloads in the last 30 days. |
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! |