Quicksands
Tags
Summary
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in English translations of nineteenth-century German literature
- Those who need free public-domain eBooks for supplementary reading in literary history
- Readers who enjoy old-fashioned plotted fiction and can accept a slow narrative pace
- Enthusiasts studying the Project Gutenberg catalogue or the circulation of public-domain books
Not a good fit for
- Readers who prefer fast-paced contemporary fiction and lack patience for old-style narrative
- Beginners who need detailed introductions, notes, or translator's commentary
- Readers who want to read the German original only and avoid English translations
Reading tips
- Read the opening chapters first to get a feel for the narrative pace, then decide whether to read the whole book, so as not to give up halfway because of stylistic distance.
- Read alongside background material on nineteenth-century European literature to help understand the characters' situations and social environment.
- Use the title "Quicksands" as a clue, watching how the characters sink step by step into difficulty, and follow the plot's development.
- If using it for research, record the bibliographic information and publication source so it can be compared with other public-domain texts.
About the publisher
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.
Contents
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
- 35
- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- 41
- 42
- 43
- 44
- 45
- 46
- 47
- 48
- 49
- 50
- 51
- 52
- 53
- 54
- 55
- 56
- 57
- 58
- 59
FAQ
Is this book in the German original or an English translation?
Can I read it without a background in nineteenth-century literature?
Does this eBook include notes or an introduction?
Comments
Find this book
This site is an index: you start “Search all sources” in your browser, and the entries it lists all point to third-party sites; please judge their availability yourself.
About the author
Adolf Carl Streckfuss (1823–1895) was a German writer and historian, born in Berlin in 1823 and died there in 1895. He took part in the 1848 revolution and wrote political pamphlets before turning to literary creation. His works combine historical romance and crime fiction, such as Der Herr Präsident and Die von Hohenwald, with plots often centering on family fortunes, social conflict, and suspense. The collection also includes five titles—De Dageraad der Volksvrijheid, Too Rich: A Romance, Castle Hohenwald: A Romance, The Lonely House, and Quicksands—commonly classified as inspirational growth. He also wrote popular histories such as Five Hundred Years of Berlin History, showing a range from political writing and fiction to popular history. Public information is limited, and his literary style and later influence await further study.
