Zum wilden Mann
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zum_wilden_Mann Release date is 2007-07-23
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"Zum wilden Mann" by Wilhelm Raabe is a novella written in 1873 and published in 1885. In a small German town near the Kyffhäuser, apothecary Philipp Kristeller recounts to friends how he acquired his pharmacy thirty years earlier with money left by a mysterious acquaintance named August. When August returns as a decorated Brazilian colonel, the reunion seems joyful—until his true intentions emerge. This tale explores how friendship crumbles when confronted with greed and self-interest in Germany's materialistic Gründerzeit era. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Germany -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction Germany, Northern -- Fiction