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Albrecht Classen

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A Translation of Johannes Pauli’s Didactic Tales

Lessons from the Past for Our Future
By: Albrecht Classen
From £35.99

In 1522, Johannes Pauli published the influential bestseller *Schimpf und Ernst*. These entertaining narratives offer teachings on human foolishness, virtues, and vices. This translation makes the majority of these tales available for the first time in the English language.

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An English Translation of Rudolf von Ems’s Der guote Gêrhart

By: Albrecht Classen
£52.99

This English translation of Rudolf von Ems’s Der guote Gêrhart allows those without knowledge of Middle High German to gain insights into an important medieval literary discourse. Von Ems’s work includes examples of medieval multilingualism, tolerance, and multiculturality.

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Georg Wickram’s Rollwagenbüchlein from 1555

The First English Translation
By: Albrecht Classen
£70.99

One of the most influential 16th-century German texts, Georg Wickram’s Rollwagenbüchlein (1555) is a collection of exciting, horrifying, and didactic tales. Despite its importance, it has never been translated into English—until now. This book offers the first translation.

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Short Stories by Werner Bergengruen

A Selection of His Novellas
By: Albrecht Classen
From £30.99

Long-ignored Nobel nominee Werner Bergengruen is reintroduced in this selection of his best short stories. From learning to smile at death in “Death from Reval” to tales of honor, love, and power, his works offer timeless messages couched in rich historical settings.

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The Fables of Ulrich Bonerius (ca. 1350)

Masterwork of Late Medieval Didactic Literature
By: Albrecht Classen
From £32.99

This book provides the first English translation of Ulrich Bonerius’s The Gemstone, a popular 14th-century collection of fables. Through didactic animal tales in the Aesopian tradition, Bonerius instructs his audience on vices and virtues, warning of human shortcomings.

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The Memoirs of Resi Weglein, a Holocaust Survivor

A Translation
By: Albrecht Classen
£72.99

In the Theresienstadt camp, nurse Resi Weglein tended to the dying while fighting for her own life. Her astounding memoir is a rare eyewitness testimony to the Holocaust and a powerful testament to preserving one’s humanity in the face of unimaginable horror.

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