Project Gutenberg 2007-09-18 Public domain in the USA. 69 Hauff, Wilhelm 1802 1827 The Severed Hand From "German Tales" Published by the American Publishers' Corporation Produced by David Widger "The Severed Hand" by Wilhelm Hauff is a dark and poignant tale written in the mid-19th century. This grim story combines elements of a short story with fantastical and moral themes prevalent during that time. The narrative follows Zaleukos, a young Greek man whose life takes a tragic turn as he navigates themes of destiny, betrayal, and the grave consequences of his decisions. The story begins with Zaleukos, who after a promising education in medicine, returns to Constantinople only to find his father's death and inheritance mishandled. Seeking fortune, he travels to Florence, becomes embroiled in an ominous encounter under a midnight bridge, and is drawn into a sinister plot involving a masked stranger. This stranger ultimately tasks Zaleukos with a horrific request: to sever the head of his sister, who he believes might not truly be dead. In a tragic twist of fate, Zaleukos unintentionally kills her, leading to his wrongful conviction for murder. The narrative explores the themes of guilt, the search for redemption, and the moral dilemmas surrounding life and death, culminating in Zaleukos's loss of a hand as a punishment and the haunting reminder of his actions that he must bear for the rest of his life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fiction Short stories PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 57974 57983 2024-09-10T04:38:32.280864 2023-09-10T08:12:09.041845 text/html text/html 52983 2013-02-05T10:38:08 text/html; charset=us-ascii 19821 2013-02-05T10:38:08 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 64179 2024-09-10T04:38:35.287842 application/epub+zip 63138 2024-09-10T04:38:33.462822 application/epub+zip 63138 2024-09-10T04:38:32.721834 application/epub+zip 150888 2024-09-10T04:38:36.716820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144328 2024-09-10T04:38:34.803839 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165508 2022-09-10T14:34:18.433098 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48952 48945 2024-09-10T04:38:32.100839 2023-09-10T08:12:08.883836 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 48945 2007-09-18T13:35:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18917 2007-09-18T13:36:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18393 2024-09-10T04:38:36.842802 application/rdf+xml 12839 2024-09-10T04:38:33.050834 image/jpeg 3381 2024-09-10T04:38:32.883828 image/jpeg 65591 2024-09-10T04:38:32.287840 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia