Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte by Adelbert von Chamisso

"Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte" by Adelbert von Chamisso is a literary fairy tale written in 1813. A man named Peter Schlemihl encounters a mysterious stranger in a gray coat who offers him a purse of endless gold in exchange for something seemingly trivial: his shadow. Schlemihl accepts the bargain, only to discover that living without a shadow brings unexpected consequences. As society rejects him, he must confront the true nature of his deal and decide what price he's willing to pay for acceptance. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838
Title Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schlemihl Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schlemihls_wundersame_Geschichte
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language German
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Fables
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EBook-No. 31538
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