The Jew's Beech

Name: The Jew's Beech
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SKU: 9781847499189
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Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages

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Based on a true story, The Jew’s Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia – the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree – and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich... Read More

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The Jew's Beech

A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny - ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgangers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest - as well as a famously ambiguous climax.

Considered as a highly successful example of the German Novella, The Jew’s Beech is a prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society.

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Based on a true story, The Jew’s Beech centres on two brutal murders in rural Westphalia – the first of a local forester and the second of a Jewish moneylender near a beech tree – and the impact these events have on the life of Friedrich Mergel, a local herdsman with a turbulent family history.

A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny – ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgängers and grisly discoveries in the depths of the forest – as well as a famously ambiguous climax.

Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781847499189

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 April 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Alma Classics

Contributors:

Translated by Lionel and Doris Thomas
Translated by Lionel Thomas
Translated by Doris Thomas

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 129g

Pages: 112

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Annette von Droste Hulshoff Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction

About the Author

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848) is considered one of the most important German poets of the nineteenth century. Her classic novella The Jew’s Beech is her only completed work of prose fiction.