Benno Stehkragen
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A good fit for
- Learners with intermediate German who want to increase their reading of original texts
- Readers interested in early twentieth-century German narrative literature
- Teachers and students who need short German materials for classroom or self-study
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- Readers with no German at all who can read only Chinese or English
- Casual readers seeking strong plots and fast-paced stories
- Beginners who want detailed notes or an introduction
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- First read through for the gist, then read closely paragraph by paragraph, looking up words and collecting German expressions.
- Read with a German dictionary or translation tool; for long sentences, break down the structure before interpreting.
- Use it as a daily short-reading task, reading a few pages each time and taking brief notes.
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About the author
Karl Ettlinger (1882–1939) was a German journalist and humorist, born in Frankfurt am Main on 22 January 1882 and died in Berlin on 29 May 1939. Writing under pen names such as Karlchen and Helios, he made his name with poetry in the Frankfurt dialect and with wartime reporting during the First World War. His work is marked by a humorous, witty style. Representative titles include Mister Galgenstrick: und andere Humoresken, Benno Stehkragen and Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung; three of his works are held in this collection. Public information about him is limited, and details of his life are sparse, but he is known to have written some forty works, mostly about everyday life and ordinary city characters, in a light and gently satirical tone that earned him a place in German popular literature and newspaper humour columns of his time.
