Stifter, Adalbert 1805-1868 creator text utu 2009 monographic de 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Bunte Steine: Ein Festgeschenk" by Adalbert Stifter is a collection of six stories published in 1853. The work includes Stifter's famous preface on the "gentle law," which argues that quiet natural phenomena—like growing grain and shimmering stars—are as significant as dramatic events like thunderstorms and volcanoes. Though subtitled "a holiday gift" and featuring young protagonists, these tales explore profound themes through seemingly simple observations. Each story is named after a different stone, reflecting Stifter's belief in finding greatness within small, everyday moments of nature and human life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Granit -- Kalkstein -- Turmalin -- Bergkristall -- Katzensilber -- Bergmilch. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunte_Steine Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunte_Steine Release date is 2009-07-31 Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Daniel Kraft, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Original publication data not identified Short stories, German PT Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29553 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29553 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133655.0 29553