Unterm Birnbaum

Unterm Birnbaum

by Theodor Fontane

In Theodor Fontane's "Unterm Birnbaum", Abel Hradscheck, a debt-ridden village innkeeper, finds himself entangled in a web of deceit and suspicion. When a French soldier's body is discovered beneath his pear tree, Hradscheck hatches a cunning plan to rid himself of his financial woes. His actions lead to the disappearance of a Polish traveling salesman, Szulski, who was to collect his debts. While Hradscheck manages to deflect suspicion through a series of calculated maneuvers, the specter of guilt haunts him, manifested through whispers, strange occurrences, and the pervasive atmosphere of unease in the village. "Unterm Birnbaum" delves into the complexities of human nature, exploring themes of morality, deceit, and the burden of guilt.

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Theodor Fontane was a German novelist and poet, regarded by many as the most important 19th-century German-language realist author. He published the first of his novels, for which he is best known tod...

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