In Vicki Baum's novel, we see post-WWI Germany facing economic decline. The upper class is slowly coming down, the working class is almost out on the streets. The novel opens in a house shared by two such families: the Burthes and the Schliepkes. Geheimart Burthe lives with his wife, his daughter Charlotte, and his son, … Continue reading #WIT #Classics Club: Feme/ Secret Sentence by Vicki Baum (1926)
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#WIT #Classics Club: Men Never Know by Vicki Baum (1935)
We all die at some time in our lives without being buried. Our destiny has been fulfilled; we have received all that life had to give us, and we have given all that was in us to give. What succeeds no longer deserves the name of life. The world is full of people who are … Continue reading #WIT #Classics Club: Men Never Know by Vicki Baum (1935)
German Classic: Stud. Chem. Helene Willfuer by Vicki Baum (1928)
But that was the way with Life - now and again things went so well, that out of the deepest darkness sprang up happiness, unforeseen, profound and penetrating. The focus of German Literary Month this year was Austrian Authors. That gave me a chance to start reading Vicki Baum, an Austrian writer, who had been … Continue reading German Classic: Stud. Chem. Helene Willfuer by Vicki Baum (1928)
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