Life's Turning Point

Molo, Walter von, 1880-1958Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 270K words
Chapters: 27

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.Lebenswende by Walter von MoloAuthor: Molo, Walter von, 1880-1958,Language: German, Class: PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures, Release Date: May 6, 2017

Editor's review

Walter von Molo's Lebenswende is a German-language literary work, released here by Project Gutenberg as a public-domain eBook under the German language and literature category. For readers studying early twentieth-century German literature, such public-domain electronic texts offer access to the original work at almost no cost and are easy to search and excerpt on e-readers. Its value lies mainly in the accessibility of the text itself: readers can read Molo's work without buying a print copy, making it suitable as supplementary material for German literature courses or independent reading. It is best read against the tradition of the German novella or novel, with attention to the psychological and ethical choices characters face at turning points in their lives. As a public-domain eBook, the formatting and annotations are plain and it does not serve as a scholarly annotated edition, so readers must prepare their own background materials. Overall, this is a free text resource for German-language readers and scholars of German literature, not a popular bestseller for a general audience.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers with some German reading ability who want to engage with early twentieth-century German literature
Students of German literature who need the original text for coursework or papers
Budget-conscious readers accustomed to reading public-domain books on electronic devices
Literature lovers interested in the theme of life turning points who are willing to read the German original

Not a good fit for

General readers without German who hope to read a Chinese translation
Researchers who need detailed annotations, introductions, and scholarly notes
Print collectors who want polished typesetting and fine binding

Reading tips

Skim the table of contents and chapter titles first to grasp the narrative structure, then read the full text.
Keep a German dictionary or translation tool on hand; mark unfamiliar words and look them up after finishing a passage.
Consult historical background on Molo's era to understand the social context of the characters' choices.
After finishing, write a short summary in German to check your grasp of the characters' turning-point episodes.

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Project Gutenberg United States · Founded in 1971

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Is this book in Chinese or German?

According to Project Gutenberg, the book is in German and falls under the German language and literature category. Readers need some German reading ability; the book contains no Chinese translation or parallel text.

Is this book suitable for learning German?

It can serve as German extensive reading material, but it is a literary work rather than a graded reader, and its sentence structures and vocabulary are not easy. It is best used by readers at intermediate level or above, with a dictionary.

Does the electronic edition include annotations or an introduction?

The public-domain eBook from Project Gutenberg consists mainly of the body text and usually contains no scholarly annotations, introduction, or translator's notes. Readers who need background material should consult literary histories or research literature separately.

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Molo, Walter von, 1880-1958 Author

Walter von Molo (1880–1958) was a German writer. Chinese-language library resources on him remain limited, and publicly available information is scarce. His dates and nationality are clearly recorded in the library's holdings, but verifiable details about his early life, education and professional career are few. The library holds one work by him, Lebenswende (which may be rendered as Turning Point in Life); judging from the title, it likely concerns a turning point in life, fateful choices, or the individual's situation amid changing times—themes common in twentieth-century German-language literature. Because of the limited material, his writing style and overall influence cannot be described in detail; it can only be confirmed that he was active as a German-language writer in the first half of the twentieth century. Readers seeking further understanding should consult histories of German literature and specialized reference works.