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Bunte Steine

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Colourful stones
Bunte Steine 1853 - Frontispiz 1

AuthorAdalbert Stifter
Original title
Bunte Steine
PublisherGustav Heckenast
Published1853
No. of books6
Bunte Steine 1853 - Frontispiz 2

Colourful stones (German: Bunte Steine) is the name of six novellas by Adalbert Stifter, published in two volumes in 1853 by Gustav Heckenast in Pest. The subtitle is: Ein Festgeschenk (a present).

A first complete English translation of the work by Isabel Fargo Cole was released by The New York Review of Books in April 2021.[1]

Editions

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Five out of six novellas already existed in preceding editions:

  • Granit (Granite) 1848 as Die Pechbrenner (Vergißmeinnicht. Taschenbuch für 1849)
  • Kalkstein (Limestone) 1847 as Der arme Wohlthäter (Austria. Österreichischer Universal-Kalender für das Schaltjahr 1848)
  • Turmalin 1851 as Der Pförtner im Herrenhause (Libussa. Jahrbuch für 1852)
  • Bergkristall (Rock Crystal) 1845 as Der heilige Abend (Die Gegenwart. Politisch literarisches Tageblatt)
  • Bergmilch 1843 as Wirkungen eines weißen Mantels (Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Mode)


References

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  1. ^ Motley Stones Paperback – 4 May 2021. ASIN 1681375206.