by Gerald-Knittel | Apr 3, 2021 | Books for the young
Jakob Streit Milon and the Lion Original Title: Milon und der Löwe The Greek adolescent Milon is sold as a slave and resold, and has to work for various Roman owners as a porter, a sailor on ships, a shepherd, a house servant. The reader experiences the Acropolis in...
by Gerald-Knittel | Mar 13, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young
Leo Tolstoy Resurrection: The Awakening Original Title: Воскресение The young nobleman Nekhlyudov serves as a juror during the trial of a young woman whom he recognizes as she appears in court: Katerina (Katyusha) Maslova, whom he had seduced ten years before as a...
by Gerald-Knittel | Jul 10, 2020 | books-for-both-old-and-young
Fyodor Mikhailovich DostoevskyThe Grand Inquisitor Embedded in Dostoevsky’s “The Brothers Karamazov” is an essay or prose poem titled “The Grand Inquisitor”, which probably reflects the recognitions gained by Dostoevsky himself after many inner struggles. In this...