Their Pavel (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture) - Hardcover

Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie Von; Tatlock, Lynne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1571130780 ISBN 13: 9781571130785

Publisher: Camden House, 1996

Synopsis

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916) is Austria's most important nineteenth-century woman writer, but her works have remained largely unknown to English speakers, even her most important, the compelling Their Pavel, first published serially in 1887. Based on a true incident, Their Pavel investigates the troubled social relations of a Moravian village that is endowed with the right of local governance but steeped in the habits of its feudal relationship to the local barony. The novel explores the parallel fates of the children of a hanged murderer and thief. Milada, the appealing and alert daughter, is adopted on a whim by the aging baroness, while Pavel, the awkward and taciturn son, is thrown upon the uncertain mercy of the village, but both suffer the stigma of their father's crime. In her sometimes grimly humorous picture of village life, the author spares neither the Catholic Church nor the landed aristocracy nor the villagers themselves.

About this title

About the Author:

Lynne Tatlock is Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

About this edition

• Publisher: Camden House
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1571130780
• ISBN 13: 9781571130785
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 171