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Wilhelm Hauff


Born
in Stuttgart, Germany
November 29, 1802

Died
November 18, 1827

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Wilhelm Hauff was a German poet and novelist best known for his fairy tales.

Educated at the University of Tübingen, Hauff worked as a tutor and in 1827 became editor of J.F. Cotta’s newspaper Morgenblatt. Hauff had a narrative and inventive gift and sense of form; he wrote with ease, combining narrative themes of others with his own. His work shows a pleasant, often spirited, wit. There is a strong influence of E.T.A. Hoffmann in his fantasy Mitteilungen aus den Memoiren des Satans (1826–27; “Pronouncements from the Memoirs of Satan”). Hauff’s Lichtenstein (1826), a historical novel of 16th-century Württemberg, was one of the first imitations of Sir Walter Scott. He is also known for a number of fairy tales that were published in his Märche
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Fairy tales of Wilhelm Hauff

4.36 avg rating — 633 ratings — published 1826 — 39 editions
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Die Geschichte von dem Klei...

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Little Long-Nose

4.17 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 1826 — 2 editions
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Das kalte Herz

3.95 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 1827 — 53 editions
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Das Kalte Herz und andere M...

3.75 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 1827 — 11 editions
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Das Wirtshaus Im Spessart

3.97 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1827 — 127 editions
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Die Geschichte von Kalif St...

3.87 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2017 — 55 editions
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Die Karawane

4.34 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1825 — 82 editions
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Little Mook And Dwarf Longnose

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Lichtenstein: Romantische S...

3.84 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1826 — 22 editions
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“A poézis nálunk olyan közlegelő, amelyen körbemászkálhat minden marha, s kedve szerint zabálhatja a füvet és a virágokat.”
Wilhelm Hauff, Mitteilungen aus den Memoiren des Satan — Band 1

“Egyetlen dolog hiányzott boldogságunkhoz: nem voltunk boldogtalanok.”
Wilhelm Hauff, Mitteilungen aus den Memoiren des Satan — Band 1

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