Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
"Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus" by Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen is a picaresque novel published in 1668. The story follows Simplicius, a simple shepherd boy whose life is shattered when soldiers destroy his farm during the Thirty Years' War. Taken in by a hermit, then thrust into a chaotic world of battles and deception, he transforms from innocent child to cunning survivor. Through constantly shifting allegiances and identities, Simplicius navigates a brutal landscape
where survival demands both wit and moral compromise in war-torn Germany. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoph von, 1625-1676 |
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| Editor | Kolbenheyer, E. G. (Erwin Guido), 1878-1962 |
| Title | Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplicius_Simplicissimus Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_abenteuerliche_Simplicissimus |
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Produced by Peter Becker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 55171 |
| Release Date | Jul 22, 2017 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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