# The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 11 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated Into English

Author: Francke, Kuno, 1855-1930 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45788

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## Summary

The illustrations in this volume, devoted to the writings of Spielhagen, Storm, and Raabe, are from paintings by Michael von Munkacsy, Jacob Alberts, and Karl Spitzweg. Munkacsy may be called an artistic counterpart to Spielhagen, inasmuch as he shared with him the conscious striving for effect, the predilection for striking social contrasts, and the desire to make propaganda for liberalism. Spitzweg was allied to Raabe in his truly Romantic inwardness, his joyful acceptance of all phases of life, his glorification of the humble and the lowly, and his inexhaustible humor. Alberts is probably the most talented living painter of that part of Germany which forms the background of Storm's fin...

## Chapters

- [Part 1861). This novel deals with the conditions in Pomerania in](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/13/index.md)
- [VOLUME XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/2/index.md)
- [VOLUME XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-german-classics-of-the-nineteenth-and-twentieth-centuries-v-a70b7d10/chapters/1/index.md)