TRANSLATIONS

 

 

Fortunatus (1509)

The first complete translation into English of the editio princeps.

To read the text with the original illustrations, click here, or click here for the whole illustrated text as a PDF file

 

Over 50 Authors                         ◘ German Short Stories of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries

                                              Authors A-G  

                                              Authors H-P  

                                              Authors R-Z  

 

Ludwig Bechstein                         ◘ Das Deutsche Maerchenbuch / Das Neue Deutsche Maerchenbuch /

(1801-1860)                                              The Folk and Fairy Tales of Ludwig Bechstein  

 

 

Sonnets                                    ◘ Sonnets from the German, French, Spanish, and Italian /

16th to 20th Centuries                                                Sonnets (PDFfile)

                                                                   ◘Selected Sonnets of Andreas Gryphius/

                                                                   Andreas Gryphius (PDFfile)

 

Ludwig Aurbacher                         ◘ A Little Folk-Book (Selections) /

(1784-1847)                                              The Seven Swabians, and Other Tales  

 

Adalbert von Chamisso                         ◘ Die wundersame Geschichte von Peter Schlemihl /

(1781-1838)                                              The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl (as a PDF file) 

 

Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff            ◘ Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts /

(1788-1857)                                                From the Life of a Good-for-Nothing (PDF file)

                                                                   ◘ Das Marmorbild /

                                                                   The Marble Statue (PDF file)

 

E.T.A. Hoffmann                                    ◘ Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober /

(1776-1822)                                                Little Zaches, Great Zinnober (PDFfile)

 

 

 

Johannes von Tepl                                   ◘ Der Ackermann und der Tod /

                                                                   The Husbandman and Death (as a PDF file - Revised in 2026)

Haiku                                   ◘ If your browser supports Japanese script, click here /

                                               If your browser does not support Japanese script, click here

 

Friedrich Schiller                                     ◘ Wilhelm Tell /

                                                                   William Tell