How a Ghastly Story Was Brought to Light by a Common or Garden Butcher's Dog (Little Black Classics #22)
'The devil gave the woman a nudge: "Look at that belt full of money peeping out from under the butcher's shirt!"' Written for a local German journal and published in 1811, these fabulous, funny, jewel-like miniature tales describe con men, tricksters, disasters, murders, rascals and lovers, and...
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'The devil gave the woman a nudge: "Look at that belt full of money peeping out from under the butcher's shirt!"' Written for a local German journal and published in 1811, these fabulous, funny, jewel-like miniature tales describe con men, tricksters, disasters, murders, rascals and lovers, and include Franz Kafka's favourite story. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 bo
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780141398020 (0141398027)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 64
Edition language: English
Johann Peter Hebel was a 18th-19th Century German writer and theologian. These short stories are taken from The Treasure Chest, a selection of his shorter writings chosen by John Hibberd."Great houses on the town square and small dwellings in the alleyways are all the same when burnt to the ground, ...
Atlhough I'm generally not that into folk tales, this collection of short stories was fun. Some of the tales had moral teachings while others were absolutely bizarre and hilarious. Having read nothing by Hebel I found his writing style simple and approachable.
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