Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Landprediger

Release date is 2004-11-01

Thanks are given to Delphine Lettau for finding a huge collection of ancient German books in London

"Der Landprediger" by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz is a narrative written in the winter of 1776/77. The story follows Johannes Mannheim, a village pastor who breaks convention by mixing spiritual duties with economic reform. After studying theology and agriculture, he transforms his rural parish by uniting villagers to improve farming practices and close social divides between nobility and citizens. His prosperous household becomes an unlikely center for artists and scholars, creating a small academy in the countryside. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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