Timeline
Lifetime:
1781 -
1838
Passed: ≈
186 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Adelbert von Chamisso
Books by Adelbert von Chamisso
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
Satire
Fantasy
Romance
Love
Gothic
Allegory
Transformation
Redemption
Fate
Sacrifice
Romanticism
Satire
Supernatural
Moral
Isolation
Identity
Greed
Wealth
Human Nature
Fantasy
Acceptance
Consequences
Shadow
German Literature
Soul
Devil
Deal
Peter Schlemihl lernt den reichen Kaufmann Thomas John kennen, in dessen Garten er einem eigenartigen grauen Herrn begegnet. Dieser überredet ihn dazu, seinen Schatten für ein Säckel voller Gold zu verkaufen, der wie ein Füllhorn nie versiegt. Sobald...
wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl, the Man who lost his Shadow
Peter Schlemihl is an ordinary man until one day he bargains with the devil: He trades his shadow for a bottomless purse. While this sounds like a good idea at first, it turns out that having no shadow is considered to be so strange by society, that...