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قراءة كتاب The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man, and The Cold Heart
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The Marvellous History of the Shadowless Man, and The Cold Heart
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Source: http://www.archive.org/details/marvelloushistor00chamrich
THE
MARVELLOUS HISTORY
OF
THE SHADOWLESS MAN.
by A. von CHAMISSO
and
THE COLD HEART
by WILHELM HAUFF
With an Introduction by
DR. A. S. RAPPOPORT
Illustrated by
FORSTER ROBSON
LONDON
HOLDEN & HARDINGHAM
CONTENTS
THE SHADOWLESS MAN |
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| INTRODUCTION | |
| AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION | |
| CHAPTER 1 | |
| " 2 | |
| " 3 | |
| " 4 | |
THE COLD HEART |
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| INTRODUCTION | |
| PART 1 | |
| " 2 | |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE SHADOWLESS MAN |
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"THE WHOLE SWARM PROCEEDED IMMEDIATELY TO RECONNOITRE ME AND TO PELT ME WITH MUD" |
Frontispiece To face page |
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"AN EXTRAORDINARY LOOKING OLD MAN LEFT ME THESE PAPERS SAYING HE CAME FROM BERLIN" |
2 |
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FANNY |
6 |
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"I DREW THE ILL-FATED PURSE FROM MY BOSOM; AND IN A SORT OF FRENZY THAT RAGED LIKE A SELF-FED FIRE WITHIN ME, I TOOK OUT GOLD--GOLD--GOLD" |
16 |
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"AND TREMBLING LIKE A CRIMINAL STOLE OUT OF THE HOUSE" |
18 |
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"I SUFFERED HER TO FALL FROM MY ARM IN A FAINTING FIT" |
28 |
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"SHE ADVANCED FROM THE MIDST OF HER COMPANIONS, AND BLUSHINGLY KNELT BEFORE ME PRESENTING A WREATH" |
30 |
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"NEXT EVENING I WENT AGAIN TO THE FORESTER'S GARDEN" |
42 |
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"SO SAYING HE DREW MY SHADOW OUT OF HIS POCKET AND STRETCHED IT OUT AT HIS FEET IN THE SUN" |
50 |
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"ALONE ON THE WILD HEATH I DISBURDENED MY HEART" |
52 |
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THE FOREST OF ANCIENT FIRS |
62 |
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"WITH SOME HESITATION HE PUT HIS HAND INTO HIS POCKET AND DREW OUT THE ALTERED AND PALLID FORM OF MR. JOHN" |
76 |
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THE DREAM |
78 |
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"AND SO WAS OBLIGED TO CONTENT MYSELF WITH A SECONDHAND PAIR" |
80 |
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THE FROZEN SEA |
82 |
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"AT LAST I SAT DOWN AT THE EXTREME POINT OF LOMBOCK LAMENTING" |
86 |
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PETER AT HOME" |
92 |
THE COLD HEART |
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DUTCH MICHAEL FELLING THE TREES |
14 |
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PETER'S DREAM |
22 |
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"HAVE YOU HAD ENOUGH, THEY ASKED HIM" |
24 |
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"PETER MUNK! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN THE PINE GROVE" |
26 |
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"THEN IN A FLASH A MONSTROUS WOODCOCK SWEPT DOWN FROM ABOVE AND SEIZED THE SNAKE IN ITS BEAK" |
28 |
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"YOU HAVEN'T QUITE HIT IT, CHARCOAL PETER" |
30 |
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PETER GAMBLING AT THE INN" |
36 |
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"SO HERE WE ARE AT THE END OF IT ALL" |
40 |
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"THEN THE MONSTER STRETCHED FORTH AN ARM AS LONG AS A WEAVER'S BEAM AND A HAND AS BROAD AS A LARGE TABLE" |
46 |
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"AH, HAVE MERCY, GOOD LADY AND GIVE ME A DRINK OF WATER" |
58 |
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"BUT SCARCELY HAD HE UTTERED THESE WORDS THAN THE GLASS MANIKIN SUDDENLY BEGAN TO INCREASE IN SIZE AND STATURE" |
62 |
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"AND AS HE PRAYED MICHAEL DECREASED MORE AND MORE IN SIZE, FALLING TO THE GROUND" |
68 |
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"LOOK ONCE MORE AROUND, PETER MUNK!" |
72 |
INTRODUCTION
LOUIS ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO
In 1813 Europe was busy watching the career of the Corsican Giant--which was nearing its end. Having reached the summit of power, and put his foot on the neck of Europe, Napoleon was suddenly hurled down from his dizzy height. And yet in the midst of stirring events and the din of arms, people found time to pay attention to important literary productions. A curious book, "The Strange Narrative of Peter Schlemihl," by Louis Adelbert von Chamisso, which made its first appearance in Germany in 1813, aroused an ever increasing interest, in spite of the distraction of the public mind, until the name of the author became world-famous.