Project Gutenberg 2011-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 55 Spielhagen, Friedrich 1829 1911 Browne, William Hand 1828 1912 Hammer and Anvil: A Novel Reading ease score: 71.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive "Hammer and Anvil: A Novel" by Friedrich Spielhagen is a fiction work written in the late 19th century. The narrative focuses on the troublesome academic life of a schoolboy named George Hartwig and his complicated relationship with his father and peers. The story explores themes of rebellion, youthful friendship, and the struggle for personal identity within the constraints of educational and familial expectations. The opening of the novel introduces George and his friend Arthur as they find themselves in a tense classroom environment under the stern gaze of their professor, Lederer. After a series of misadventures during class, the two boys make a spontaneous decision to escape school for a day of sailing, which leads to a mixture of excitement and underlying apprehension about the consequences of their actions. As they navigate their way through their friendship and personal challenges, George reflects on his contentious relationship with his strict father and how his experiences may shape his future. The beginning sets the stage for a coming-of-age story replete with conflict, camaraderie, and a quest for self-determination. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en German fiction -- Translations into English PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 1683319 1670519 2024-10-14T15:21:50.021723 2023-09-15T08:49:54.869783 text/html text/html 1696836 2021-01-07T09:41:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 614237 2021-01-07T09:41:23 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 707483 2024-10-14T15:22:09.155637 application/epub+zip 738096 2024-10-14T15:21:54.341707 application/epub+zip 723977 2024-10-14T15:21:52.564695 application/epub+zip 1208264 2024-10-14T15:22:21.004569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1124629 2024-10-14T15:22:07.547668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1120018 2022-09-16T05:40:25.147548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1562404 1562351 2024-10-14T15:21:45.188833 2023-09-15T08:49:50.948731 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1561945 2021-01-07T09:41:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 600091 2021-01-07T09:41:23 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1562164 2021-01-07T09:41:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 599947 2021-01-07T09:41:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21515 2024-10-14T15:22:21.156561 application/rdf+xml 12162 2024-10-14T15:21:53.169693 image/jpeg 3170 2024-10-14T15:21:52.864695 image/jpeg 693126 2024-10-14T15:21:50.167700 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