# Seldwyla Folks: Three Singular Tales

Author: Keller, Gottfried, 1819-1890; Schierbrand, Wolf von, 1851-1920 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Short Stories

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34505

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Seldwyla+Folks%3A+Three+Singular+Tales+Keller&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Gottfried Keller may fitly be called the greatest narrative writer that Switzerland has ever produced. Born July 19, 1819, near Zurich, he was reared in direst poverty. By dint of the hardest labor and by practicing the utmost frugality, his father was barely able to provide bread for wife and children. But in the midst of this penury the genius of his young son Gottfried expanded. As a mere child he gave already unmistakable evidence of being a dreamer, a thinker, a philosopher, a "fabulist," an artist. Just able to write, the little boy forever scribbled poems and fanciful tales, made rapid sketches with pencil and pen, portraits, caricatures, landscapes. At the village school he imbibe...

## Chapters

- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/seldwyla-folks-three-singular-tales-34505/chapters/21/index.md)