Die Räuberbande

Leonhard FrankProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

4.0

Word count: 442K words
Chapters: 45

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Die Räuberbande by Leonhard FrankAuthor: Frank, Leonhard, 1882-1961,Language: German, Class: PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures, Release Date: Oct 19, 2009

Editor's review

Die Räuberbande is a novel by Leonhard Frank, offered here as a public-domain eBook in the original German. Frank is known for his social criticism and psychological insight; this work centers on a group of youths who form a gang, and it reflects on growing up, group behavior, and the social environment. The German is fairly direct and the narrative moves along clearly, making it a good transitional read for German learners moving into early twentieth-century German fiction, and also suitable for readers interested in German literature around the Weimar period. The electronic edition is convenient for looking up words and making excerpts, but it lacks an introduction and notes, so readers must fill in the background themselves. Overall, its value lies in offering a compact encounter with Frank's narrative style and social concern rather than a fully annotated scholarly edition.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Intermediate German learners who want to practice reading with a complete German novel
Readers interested in early twentieth-century German literature and social themes
Learners who need a public-domain German text for course reading or excerpts

Not a good fit for

Complete beginners in German who need sentence-by-sentence translation
General readers who only read Chinese translations and do not plan to engage with the German original

Reading tips

Read a chapter summary before the original text to avoid losing the thread of the narrative to unfamiliar words
After each chapter, write two or three sentences in German summarizing it, to train summarization and vocabulary recall
Collect recurring unfamiliar words in one place and prioritize those related to characters and plot

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FAQ

What German level is this book suitable for?

It is roughly suitable for intermediate German learners. The sentences are not especially complex, but literary description and period vocabulary still require looking up. Complete beginners will frequently get stuck on unfamiliar words and sentence patterns, so it is better to build up some reading experience first.

Is this a Chinese translation or the original German?

This is a public-domain eBook of the original German text, not a Chinese translation. Readers need to read the German directly; it suits those who want to practice German reading or study the original, not general readers who only read translations.

Does the electronic edition have notes or an introduction?

Public-domain eBooks usually provide only the main text, generally without detailed notes or an introduction. Readers who need background knowledge should look up the author's life, the historical context, and literary-historical materials themselves, then read the original alongside them.

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About the author

Leonhard Frank Author · German · 1882–1961

Leonhard Frank (1882–1961) was a German Expressionist novelist and playwright, born into a carpenter's family in Würzburg. He worked as a laborer in his early years and later studied painting in Munich, rising to fame in 1914 with Die Räuberbande. His works often expose, in a cold and unsparing style, the repression of individual spirit by bourgeois society; his representative works include Der Mensch ist gut and Karl und Anna, as well as Die Ursache: Erzählung and Kindheit. Persecuted by the Nazis for his anti-war stance, he went into exile in Switzerland, France, Britain, and the United States, returning to Munich in 1950. The library holds four of his works, and common classification information is currently unavailable; public materials are limited, and further verification of biographical details and overall assessment of his works is still needed.