This new collection, intended for the student and the interested general reader of German alike, includes both traditional examples, and those which fall outside the usual canon. The sixteen novellas in the volume have been carefully chosen on the bases of length, historical significance, popularity, and interest, and have been extensively glossed by the editor, who also provides an introduction to the history and theory of the genre.

SIEGFRIED WEING is Professor of Modern Languages at the Virginia Military Institute.

Contents:
GEORG PHILLIP HARSDöRFFER - Die angenehme Straf
JOHANN WOLFGANG GOETHE - Die schöne Krämerin
LUDWIG TIECK - Der blonde Eckbert
HEINRICH VON KLEIST - Das Erdbeben in Chili
JOHANN PETER HEBEL - Unverhofftes Widersehen
CLEMENS BRENTANO - Die Geschichte vom braven Kasperl und dem schönen Annerl
ACHIM VON ARNIM - Der tolle Invalide auf dem Forte Ratonneau
ANNETTE VON DROSTE-HüLSHOF - Die Judenbuche
ADALBERT STIFTER - Bergkristall
PAUL HEYSE - L'Arrabiata
MARIE VON EBNER-ESCHENBACH - Krambambuli
GERHART HAUPTMANN - Bahnwärter Thiel
HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL - Das Erlebnis des Marschalls von Bassompierre
GUSTAV MEYRINK - Der violette Tod
GEORG HEYM - Das Schiff
FRANZ KAFKA - Das Urteil