Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing

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101-Page series
19th century
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classic
coming of age
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German literature
German Romanticism
novella

Product details

  • ISBN 9781847495174
  • Weight: 129g
  • Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Jul 2025
  • Publisher: Alma Books Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Eichendorff’s prose masterpiece – a picaresque account of the wanderings of a young man who leaves home after a row with his father, and who eventually finds love with the girl of his dreams – is one of the best-known classics of German literature.

Deeply imbued with the style and sentiment of German Romanticism, and philosophical and poetic in its approach to nature and existence, Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing is at once an exhilarating romp and a lively portrayal of nineteenth-century ideals.

Despite leading a life of ordinary officialdom, Joseph von Eichendorff (1788–1857) was one of the most important German Romantic poets, also famous for his prose tales.

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