The People of Moorluke (Paperback or Softback)

"Theder, pay attention. It is of the greatest importance to you, what my most faithful subservience will have the honour of sharing with you now. You have namely, to say it with respect, started off wrongly up to now with womanhood. You believed in thoughtfulness? Eh what, there you put yourself in darkness. There are two things for which women have respect ..."

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Five stories of life on the North German coast at the start of the twentieth century, mixing humour, tragedy, and romance.

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Georg Julius Leopold Engel (1866-1931) was a German author and dramatist whose works were banned and whose grave was desecrated by the Nazis. A number of his novels were bestsellers, and some were adapted into movies during his own lifetime.

"Georg Engel is a poet in his description of landscapes and not the least in his understanding of the souls of his awkward and unspoilt characters. And at the same time, he is a humourist who understands how to make laughter amidst tears." - Neue Zuricher Zeitung