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German Fiction

by Theodor Fontane (1819–1898)

40 chapters, about 167,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. THE NOVEL IN GERMANY 2,000 words
2. CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION 500 words
3. BOOK I 18,700 words
4. BOOK II 11,600 words
5. THE EDITOR TO THE READER 11,600 words
6. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 600 words
7. CRITICISMS AND INTERPRETATIONS 1,000 words
8. THE BANNER OF THE UPRIGHT SEVEN 21,000 words
9. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 600 words
10. CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION 600 words
11. THE RIDER ON THE WHITE HORSE 41,300 words
12. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 600 words
13. CRITICISMS AND INTERPRETATIONS I 500 words
14. II 200 words
15. CHAPTER I 1,400 words
16. CHAPTER II 1,400 words
17. CHAPTER III 2,700 words
18. CHAPTER IV 3,000 words
19. CHAPTER V 1,800 words
20. CHAPTER VI 1,400 words
21. CHAPTER VII 2,800 words
22. CHAPTER VIII 1,600 words
23. CHAPTER IX 1,900 words
24. CHAPTER X 1,900 words
25. CHAPTER XI 2,200 words
26. CHAPTER XII 2,800 words
27. CHAPTER XIII 4,000 words
28. CHAPTER XIV 3,100 words
29. CHAPTER XV 1,500 words
30. CHAPTER XVI 2,700 words
31. CHAPTER XVII 3,100 words
32. CHAPTER XVIII 2,200 words
33. CHAPTER XIX 1,700 words
34. CHAPTER XX 3,000 words
35. CHAPTER XXI 1,800 words
36. CHAPTER XXII 1,500 words
37. CHAPTER XXIII 2,700 words
38. CHAPTER XXIV 1,400 words
39. CHAPTER XXV 1,700 words
40. CHAPTER XXVI 1,300 words

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