Der Landprediger by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz

"Der Landprediger" by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz is a narrative written in the winter of 1776/77. The story follows Johannes Mannheim, a village pastor who breaks convention by mixing spiritual duties with economic reform. After studying theology and agriculture, he transforms his rural parish by uniting villagers to improve farming practices and close social divides between nobility and citizens. His prosperous household becomes an unlikely center for artists and scholars, creating a small academy in the countryside. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Lenz, Jakob Michael Reinhold, 1751-1792
Title Der Landprediger
Note Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Landprediger
Credits Thanks are given to Delphine Lettau for finding a huge collection of ancient German books in London
Reading Level Reading ease score: 59.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read.
Language German
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Clergy -- Fiction
Subject Villages -- Germany -- Fiction
Subject Germany -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 6830
Release Date
Last Update Dec 30, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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