The Trace

Viertel, Berthold, 1885-1953Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 31K words
Chapters: 4

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 Spur by Berthold ViertelAuthor: Viertel, Berthold, 1885-1953,Language: German, Class: PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures, Release Date: Jul 23, 2012

Editor's review

Die Spur is a German literary work by Berthold Viertel (1885–1953), released by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain ebook and classified under Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literature. Viertel worked within the German-language literary and theatrical milieu of the early twentieth century, and this work offers German readers and scholars of German literature free access to his texts. Because the available information is limited to bibliographic details, the book is better suited as supplementary German-language reading than as a study edition relying on detailed annotations. Readers can read the original directly on an electronic device, experience the texture of early twentieth-century German prose, and also treat it as a sample of public-domain German ebook resources. Overall it is a niche title, suited to readers with German proficiency who are willing to explore on their own.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers with German reading ability who want to broaden their literary reading
Students, teachers, and enthusiasts studying twentieth-century German literature
Researchers interested in public-domain German ebook resources
Readers who like to explore original texts independently without relying on introductions

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Readers with no German at all who need a Chinese translation
Beginners expecting detailed annotations and background explanations
Casual readers who prefer light, popular books

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Read through the whole text first to get a feel for the language style, then consult reference works for difficult passages.
Use the German literary context of Viertel's era to help understand the text's setting.
Use the ebook's search function to mark recurring images or keywords and organize themes.
If reading stalls, read selected chapters first, then decide whether to read the whole book.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.

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The book is a German work, and the available information does not indicate an accompanying translation. Readers with no German will find the original very difficult; it is advisable to have some German reading ability first, or to look for related works with Chinese translations as an alternative.

Who is the author Berthold Viertel?

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About the author

Viertel, Berthold, 1885-1953 Author · Austrian · 1885–1953

Berthold Viertel (1885–1953) was an Austrian writer and director active in German-language theatre and film in the first half of the twentieth century. He took part in German Expressionist theatre and film, and his work spanned literary writing as well as stage and screen practice, reflecting Expressionism's pursuit of intense emotion and formal experimentation. The library holds one work by him, Die Spur, which offers a glimpse of his creative output; however, public information on the work's themes, style, and specific influence is limited and requires further verification. Overall, Viertel was an important participant linking Austrian literature with German Expressionist theatre and film.