Rider on the White Horse
By: Theodor Storm (1817-1888) Hauke Haien, a young man of 24 years, has just beome dikemaster in Northern Frisia. Against the resistance of many of the townfolk, he has a new dike built, not according to the old customs, but to his own specifications. For years, everything goes well, but when the big storm hits the land, a small oversight will cost him dearly. Storm tells the life of Hauke Haien from his beginnings as the clever son of a small landowner to his rise as dikemaster, where Hauke has to weather many storms - both literally and figuratively speaking. The story inside a story inside a story is considered Theodor Storm's masterpiece. First Page: Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=8FIGAQAAIAAJ&dq 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. [Illustration: VIEW OF POTSDAM, WHERE STORM LIVED] THE HARVARD CLASSICS SHELF OF FICTION SELECTED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT LLD. GERMAN FICTION J. W. VON GOETHE GOTTFRIED KELLER THEODOR FONTANE THEODOR STORM EDITED WITH NOTES AND INTRODUCTIONS BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON Ph D P F COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK Copyright, 1917 By P. F. Collier & Son MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A. CONTENTS The Novel in Germany J. W. VON GOETHE Criticism And Interpretation: By Thomas Carlyle The Sorrows Of Werther Book I Book II The Editor To The Reader GOTTFRIED KELLER Biographical Note Criticisms And Interpretations: I... Continue reading book >>

Rider on the White Horse

Hauke Haien, a young man of 24 years, has just beome dikemaster in Northern Frisia. Against the resistance of many of the townfolk, he has a new dike built, not according to the old customs, but to his own specifications. For years, everything goes well, but when the big storm hits the land, a small oversight will cost him dearly.

Storm tells the life of Hauke Haien from his beginnings as the clever son of a small landowner to his rise as dikemaster, where Hauke has to weather many storms - both literally and figuratively speaking. The story inside a story inside a story is considered Theodor Storm's masterpiece.

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Transcriber's Note: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=8FIGAQAAIAAJ&dq 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe].

[Illustration: VIEW OF POTSDAM, WHERE STORM LIVED]

THE HARVARD CLASSICS SHELF OF FICTION SELECTED BY CHARLES W. ELIOT LLD.

GERMAN FICTION

J. W. VON GOETHE GOTTFRIED KELLER

THEODOR FONTANE THEODOR STORM

EDITED WITH NOTES AND INTRODUCTIONS BY WILLIAM ALLAN NEILSON Ph D

P F COLLIER & SON COMPANY NEW YORK

MANUFACTURED IN U. S. A.

CONTENTS

The Novel in Germany

J. W. VON GOETHE

Criticism And Interpretation: By Thomas Carlyle

The Sorrows Of Werther Book I Book II

The Editor To The Reader

GOTTFRIED KELLER

Biographical Note

Criticisms And Interpretations: I... Continue reading book >>

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