Project Gutenberg 2012-11-17 Public domain in the USA. 63 Sternheim, Carl 1878 1942 Sternheim, William Adolf Carl Napoleon: Eine Novelle Produced by Jens Sadowski "Napoleon: Eine Novelle" by Carl Sternheim is a novella written during the early 20th century. This work explores the life and ambitions of a character named Napoleon, who is not the famed French general but instead a cook and owner of a restaurant in Paris. The novella delves into themes of identity, ambition, and the gastronomic culture of the time, illustrating the protagonist's journey through the culinary and social landscapes of society. The story follows Napoleon from his childhood in Waterloo to his rise as the celebrated owner of a restaurant called "Chapon fin" in Paris. As he navigates through various relationships, including a romance with the dancer Valentine, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the superficial nature of wealth and social status. Ultimately, after achieving fame and success in the competitive restaurant world, he faces devastating loss when Valentine is executed during the violence of the Paris Commune. This tragedy propels him into a deep introspection about life, death, and the human condition, leading him to a state of mourning and reflection on his past. In the end, he finds solace in nature and the simplicity of life, indicating a profound transformation rooted in suffering and the passage of time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41384/41384-h/images/cover.jpg de Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Fiction PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 92862 92871 2024-09-17T11:13:07.593590 2023-09-18T06:13:18.663535 text/html text/html 87359 2012-11-17T06:32:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 350150 2012-11-17T06:32:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 360926 2024-09-17T11:13:10.551578 application/epub+zip 360373 2024-09-17T11:13:08.466581 application/epub+zip 104148 2024-09-17T11:13:08.044602 application/epub+zip 404971 2024-09-17T11:13:12.198576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 393981 2024-09-17T11:13:10.056601 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138484 2022-09-18T20:34:07.582688 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78421 78413 2024-09-17T11:13:07.368587 2023-09-18T06:13:18.436538 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 77196 2012-11-17T06:32:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 32186 2012-11-17T06:32:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18328 2024-09-17T11:13:12.332565 application/rdf+xml 28107 2024-09-17T11:13:08.118596 image/jpeg 4488 2024-09-17T11:13:08.081612 image/jpeg 353061 2024-09-17T11:13:07.614612 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