Project Gutenberg 2016-12-21 Public domain in the USA. 104 Schilling, Gustav 1766 1839 Der Weihnacht-Abend Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project. "Der Weihnacht-Abend" by Gustav Schilling is a novel written in the early 19th century. The story unfolds in a festive setting, likely around Christmas time, following the characters Woldemar and his friend as they navigate the bustling Christmarket filled with lively interactions and contrasting emotions. The narrative is teeming with themes of love, fate, and the consequences of choices, particularly in the context of romantic aspirations and social dynamics. The opening of the novel introduces a winter scene where the North Wind blows and snow falls, creating a vivid backdrop for the Christmarket filled with merchants and buyers. Woldemar, eager to embrace the joyous atmosphere, pulls his friend into the crowd. They encounter various characters, including a melancholy clerk and a lively condtior selling delightful treats. Woldemar expresses a desire to pursue military duty, reflecting on his fickle fate influenced by an indecisive fairy. Amidst this, the character of Hermine is introduced through her overprotective uncle, highlighting the complexity of love and courtship in their world. Through witty dialogue and vibrant descriptions, the initial chapters set up a web of relationships and emotional entanglements that promise to develop throughout the story. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de German fiction -- 19th century PT Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 192463 192461 2024-09-22T10:11:20.516794 2023-09-23T08:33:25.948210 text/html text/html 189261 2016-12-20T21:26:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 162766 2016-12-20T21:26:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 176037 2024-09-22T10:11:24.942814 application/epub+zip 176648 2024-09-22T10:11:21.987730 application/epub+zip 95708 2024-09-22T10:11:20.976779 application/epub+zip 254753 2024-09-22T10:11:27.621706 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220564 2024-09-22T10:11:24.502737 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139935 2022-09-24T13:07:45.769043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164232 164046 2024-09-22T10:11:19.986792 2023-09-23T08:33:25.386210 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 161765 2016-12-20T21:26:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64608 2016-12-20T21:26:48 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18051 2024-09-22T10:11:27.758703 application/rdf+xml 6283 2024-09-22T10:11:21.655784 image/jpeg 1559 2024-09-22T10:11:21.622734 image/jpeg 165040 2024-09-22T10:11:20.539789 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