German authors that were geniuses of their time and continue to inspire us today.

German literature is rich in beautifully crafted stories, especially from the eras of Sturm und Drang, Romanticism, and Realism. Certain German books are an excellent introduction not only to German literature but to German culture and the history of Germany too.

This book contains:

Sebastian Brandt

The Ship of Fools

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Nutcracker and the King of Mice

Friedrich Schiller

The Robbers

The Death of Wallenstein

Turandot: The Chinese Sphinx

Wilhelm Tell

The Maid of Orleans

The Thirty Years War

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Faust

The Sorrows of Young Werther

Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Unhappiness

The Judgment

Before the Law

A Report to an Academy

Jackals and Arabs

A Country Doctor

In the Penal Colony

A Hunger Artist

The Trial

The Castle

Amerika

A Little Fable

The Great Wall of China

The Hunter Gracchus

The Burrow

Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters To A Young Poet

Presaging

Autumn

Silent Hour

The Angels

Solitude

Kings In Legends

The Knight

The Boy

Initiation

The Neighbour

Song of the Statue

Maidens. I

Maidens. II

The Bride

Autumnal Day

Moonlight Night

In April

Memories of a Childhood

Death

The Ashantee

Remembrance

Music

Maiden Melancholy

Maidens at Confirmation

The Woman Who Loves