Project Gutenberg 2010-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 61 Raabe, Wilhelm 1831 1910 Raabe, Wilhelm Karl Corvinus, Jacob Corvinus, Jakob Deutscher Mondschein Produced by Michael Wooff, with German from the original text, and his own translation "Deutscher Mondschein" by Wilhelm Raabe is a novel written during the late 19th century. Set against a backdrop of the idyllic island of Sylt, the story explores themes of human emotion, societal expectations, and the struggle between rationality and the allure of romanticism. The narrative is delivered from the perspective of a pragmatic protagonist who encounters a man driven to the brink of madness by his complicated relationship with the moon. The story begins with the narrator recounting his time on Sylt, where he meets a troubled individual named Löhnefinke, a preußischer Kreisrichter, who expresses a deep-seated animosity toward the moon. Löhnefinke describes how the moon seems to haunt him, turning his seemingly stable life into a chaotic affair, driving him to despair as he battles feelings of inadequacy rooted in his conventional upbringing. As the two men share a humorous and philosophical conversation, Löhnefinke's obsession with the moon reveals broader truths about life, identity, and the cultural pressures of their time. Ultimately, the tale juxtaposes the mundanity of everyday existence with surreal moments inspired by the poetical appeal of the moon, leading to reflections on how art and nature influence the human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Short stories German fiction PT Text DE Prosa Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 73416 73304 2024-09-13T12:42:36.657029 2023-09-14T06:51:44.649410 text/html text/html 73409 73297 2024-09-13T12:42:36.810986 2023-09-14T06:51:44.774415 text/html text/html 75734 2024-09-13T12:42:39.963968 application/epub+zip 74890 2024-09-13T12:42:37.995996 application/epub+zip 74890 2024-09-13T12:42:37.238986 application/epub+zip 170359 2024-09-13T12:42:41.444007 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164207 2024-09-13T12:42:39.502969 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164319 2022-09-14T15:58:01.011654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 62576 2024-09-13T12:42:36.486986 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 62827 2021-01-06T11:39:43 text/plain; charset=utf-8 25500 2021-01-06T11:39:43 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 61816 2021-01-06T11:39:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 25321 2021-01-06T11:39:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19327 2024-09-13T12:42:41.568981 application/rdf+xml 13770 2024-09-13T12:42:37.595993 image/jpeg 3504 2024-09-13T12:42:37.427977 image/jpeg 76352 2024-09-13T12:42:36.818034 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 de.wikipedia