Project Gutenberg 2010-10-18 Public domain in the USA. 49 Heyse, Paul 1830 1914 Heise, Paul Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von Wilson, Mary The Dead Lake, and Other Tales Reading ease score: 75.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. A fortnight at the Dead Lake -- Doomed -- Beatrice -- Beginning, and end. Produced by Charles Bowen, from page images provided the Web Archive "The Dead Lake and Other Tales" by Paul Heyse is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The work navigates themes of human emotion, loss, and the haunting remnants of love and regret, particularly focusing on the character of Eberhard, a melancholic doctor grappling with the repercussions of his own past decisions and a chance connection with a mother and her ill child. At the start of "The Dead Lake," we meet a solitary inn nestled by a lake at the foot of the Alps, where a stranger, Eberhard, arrives seeking solace. Over the course of a stormy night at the inn, Eberhard reflects on his tragic past involving the deaths of loved ones, which has left him in despair and contemplating taking his own life. However, his path begins to change when he encounters a young mother and her struggling daughter, Fanny, who has fallen gravely ill. Despite his initial intentions, Eberhard takes on the role of caretaker, compelled by both a sense of duty and unresolved emotions. The opening portion sets a somber tone, establishing Eberhard’s inner turmoil while foreshadowing a potential transformation rooted in human connection and the struggle for redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en German fiction -- Translations into English PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 556106 553666 2024-10-14T10:07:33.093014 2023-09-15T04:44:43.172686 text/html text/html 556511 2010-10-18T17:47:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 204826 2010-10-18T17:47:52 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 275998 2024-10-14T10:07:41.263013 application/epub+zip 284465 2024-10-14T10:07:35.313200 application/epub+zip 284466 2024-10-14T10:07:33.966025 application/epub+zip 513194 2024-10-14T10:07:45.941972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492596 2024-10-14T10:07:40.395052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 448360 2022-09-15T12:34:24.210572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 524609 524558 2024-10-14T10:07:32.080023 2023-09-15T04:44:42.414703 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 524375 2010-10-18T17:47:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 200354 2010-10-18T17:47:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 524384 2010-10-18T17:47:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 200286 2010-10-18T17:47:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21781 2024-10-14T10:07:46.080993 application/rdf+xml 15027 2024-10-14T10:07:34.534004 image/jpeg 4004 2024-10-14T10:07:34.247010 image/jpeg 269863 2024-10-14T10:07:33.142078 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