Der Schuß von der Kanzel by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

"Der Schuß von der Kanzel" by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer is a humorous novella written between May and August 1877. When a timid theology student seeks help from an unconventional general to win the love of a pastor's daughter, the general devises an audacious plan to unite the lovers while playing a trick on the church. His scheme culminates in an unexpected gunshot fired from the pulpit during Sunday service, scandalizing the congregation and setting off a chain of surprising consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand, 1825-1898
Title Der Schuß von der Kanzel
Alternate Title Schuss von der Kanzel
Note Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Schu%C3%9F_von_der_Kanzel
Credits Produced by Delphine Lettau, Mike Pullen and Gutenberg Projekt-DE
Reading Level Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language German
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Switzerland -- Fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 9494
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Oct 2, 2014
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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