Dame Care
Hermann Sudermann
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Description
A German novel in English dress fills Dame Care, by Hermann Sudermann, translated by Bertha Overbeck. Paul Meyerhofer, the hero, is born just as his father's estate is to be sold by auction. His mother Elsbeth lies in a four-post bed and dreads each strange voice in the yard.
One word reaches her from her husband's pacing in the next room: homeless. Paul grows up under that shadow of debt and care. A fire in the middle of the book leaves house and stables saved but barns in ashes. The family stands, in Paul's words, just as poor as twenty years before. Sudermann writes a grave tale of a son bound to a ruined home.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hermann Sudermann |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 393 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |