Authors: Weicker, Alexander, 1893-1983

In Gender Studies

By Abil Kile

"Fetzen : Aus der abenteuerlichen Chronika eines Überflüssigen" by Alexander Weicker is a novel written in the early 20th century. It’s a satirical, aphorism-laced chronicle of a young man’s coming‑of‑age, framed as an editor publishing the left-behind diary of a friend. The protagonist Jappes moves from rough rural childhood into the university an...

Authors: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881

In Anthropology

By Abil Kile

"Sämtliche Werke 18 : Aus einem Totenhause" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a semi-autobiographical novel written in the mid-19th century. It depicts life inside a Siberian penal colony through the eyes of Alexander Petrovich Goryanchikov, a nobleman convicted of killing his wife, and blends stark observation with deep psychological insight. The focus is ...

Authors: Tovote, Heinz, 1864-1946

In Cultural Analysis

By Abil Kile

"Mutter!.." by Heinz Tovote is a novel written in the late 19th century. It explores the idealized and troubling force of motherhood through the passionate attachment of the law student Willy Braun to his youthful, elegant mother Anna, and the parallel, more tormented filial devotion of the painter Fritz Lautner. Moving between Berlin’s art world a...

Authors: Herzog, Rudolf, 1869-1943

In Gender Studies

By Abil Kile

"Kornelius Vanderwelts Gefährtin : Roman" by Rudolf Herzog is a novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on the Rhine-Ruhr shipping world and the larger‑than‑life broker Kornelius Vanderwelt, whose charisma, appetite for life, and feel for people drive both his business and his private affairs. A chance roadside encounter with a proud yo...

Authors: Kaboth, Hans, 1866-1928

In Sociology

By Abil Kile

"Die Kauzburg : Roman aus dem Tagebuch eines Freundes" by Hans Kaboth is a novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on a forester who takes up residence in an ancient order-castle turned Forsthaus and records his experiences in a lyrical, introspective diary. The story blends nature-romance, superstition, and a resurfacing pagan past wit...

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In Anthropology

By Abil Kile

"Handfertigkeitsbuch für junge Mädchen : Eine Anleitung für geschickte…." by Else Pauli is a handicraft guidebook written in the early 20th century. It offers young girls practical, taste-conscious instructions for weaving, embroidery, crochet, painting on fabrics, wood and ceramics, papercraft, simple carpentry, and making toys and useful gifts. T...

Authors: Schaeffer, Emil, 1874-1944

In Cultural Analysis

By Abil Kile

Andrea del Sarto by Emil Schaeffer is an art-historical monograph written in the early 20th century. It examines the life, works, and influence of the Florentine painter Andrea del Sarto, weighing what biography can explain against what the paintings themselves reveal. The study blends narrative and formal analysis, discussing his training, key com...

Authors: Hirschfeld, Georg, 1873-1942

In Sociology

By Abil Kile

"Frau Rietschel das Kind" by Georg Hirschfeld is a novel written in the early 20th century. It centers on a young Berlin jurist posted to a provincial town whose ambition and social calculation collide with genuine feeling, drawing him and a local confectioner’s daughter into a fraught relationship under the gaze of a judgmental community and a dom...

Authors: Kemmerich, Max, 1876-1932

In Cultural Analysis

By Abil Kile

"Aus der Geschichte der menschlichen Dummheit" by Max Kemmerich is a polemical cultural critique written in the early 20th century. It charts how human folly—above all religious literalism and institutional dogmatism—has warped judgment and public life, illustrating its case with pointed historical anecdotes and learned references. The likely focus...