The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man, and The Cold Heart by Chamisso et al.
"The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man, and The Cold Heart" by Adelbert von Chamisso is a novella written in 1814. Peter Schlemihl trades his shadow to the Devil for a bottomless wallet, only to discover that society shuns a man without a shadow. When the Devil offers to return his shadow in exchange for his soul, Schlemihl refuses and seeks refuge in nature instead. Traveling the world with seven-league boots, he
must find meaning beyond wealth and social acceptance in this cautionary tale. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Chamisso, Adelbert von, 1781-1838 |
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| Author | Hauff, Wilhelm, 1802-1827 |
| Author of introduction, etc. | Rappoport, A. S. (Angelo Solomon), 1871-1950 |
| Illustrator | Robson, Forster |
| Title | The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man, and The Cold Heart |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Schlemihl |
| Credits | Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Conduct of life -- Fiction |
| Subject | Fairy tales -- Germany |
| Subject | Shades and shadows -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 32219 |
| Release Date | May 2, 2010 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 410 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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