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Peter Schlemihl one of the pleasantest fancies of the days when Germany delighted in romance, was first published in 1814, and was especially naturalised in England by association with the genius of George Cruikshank, who enriched a translation of it with some of his happiest work as an illustrator. An account of the book and its author is here reprinted at the end of the tale, as originally given by the translator. To this account one or two notes may be added. Louis Charles Adelaide de Chamisso de Boncourt was born on the 27th of January, 1781, at the Chateau of Boncourt, in Champagne, which he made the subject of one of his most beautiful lyrics. He belonged to a family faithful to Louis XVI., that fled to Wurzburg from the fury of the French Revolution. Thus he was taken to Germany a child of nine, and was left there when the family, with other emigrants, returned to France in 1801. At fifteen he had Teutonised his name to Adelbert von Chamisso, and was appointed page to the Queen of Prussia. In the war that came afterwards, for a very short time he bore arms against the French, but being one of a garrison taken in the captured fort of Hamlin, he and his comrades had to pledge their honour that they would not again bear arms against France during that war. After the war he visited France..."
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Geboren am 30.1.1781 auf Schloß Boncourt (Champagne), gestorben am 21.8.1838 in Berlin. Chamissos Familie floh während der französischen Revolution nach Deutschland. 1796 wurde er Page der Königin von Preußen, 1798 bis 1807 war er preußischer Offizier. 1815-18 machte er eine Weltumseglung. Nach der Rückkehr wurde er Adjunkt am Botanischen Garten in Berlin, später Vorsteher des Herbariums. Neben seinen Studien als Naturforscher betätigte er sich als Erzähler und Lyriker. Sein Liederkreis "Frauenliebe und -leben" wurde von Robert Schumann vertont.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
Original Language: German
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- PublisherStandard Pubns Inc
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 160597627X
- ISBN 13 9781605976273
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages132
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