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Theodor Storm

Born

in Husum, Germany

September 14, 1817

Died

July 04, 1888

Genre

Literature & Fiction

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Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm (1817 – 1888) was a German poet and author.

He was born in Husum ("the grey town by the grey sea") on the west coast of Schleswig of well-to-do parents. While still a student of law, he published a first volume of verse together with the brothers Tycho and Theodor Mommsen.

He worked as a lawyer in Schleswig-Holstein, but emigrated to Thuringia in 1851, leaving his mother's household, and did not return until 1864 to become a writer leaving his homeland in Denmark.

He wrote a number of stories, poems and novellas. His two most well-known works are the novellas Immensee ("Bees' Lake", 1849) and Der Schimmelreiter ("The Rider on the White Horse"), first published in April 1888 in the Deutsche Rundschau. Other published ...more

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	Der Schimmelreiter 3.38 avg rating — 9,709 ratings — published 1888 — 361 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Immensee 3.71 avg rating — 798 ratings — published 1848 — 405 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pole Poppenspäler 3.43 avg rating — 421 ratings — published 1874 — 122 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aquis Submersus 3.57 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1876 — 102 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Immensee und andere Novellen 3.63 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 1851 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der kleine Häwelmann by Theodor Storm, Henriette Sauvant (Illustrator) 3.80 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1926 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hans und Heinz Kirch 3.17 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 1882 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ein Doppelgänger 3.59 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 1887 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Regentrude und andere Märchen 3.74 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1863 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die Regentrude by Theodor Storm, Dirk Schwibbert (Editor), Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff (Narrator) 3.76 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1863 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Between the shadows of the earth and the dark depths of the sky, human life lay slumbering, with all its unsolved puzzles.”
― Theodor Storm, Immensee

tags: sadness-loneliness

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“Ich möchte schlafen, aber du mußt tanzen."

[Hyazinthen]”
― Theodor Storm, Gedichte

tags: dance, sleep

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“Zwei Augen hat man nur und mit hundert soll man sehen”
― Theodor Storm, Der Schimmelreiter und andere Novellen (103 Titel in einem Band): Pole Poppenspäler + Sylter Novelle + Im Brauerhause + Marthe und ihre Uhr + Im Sonnenschein…

tags: classics

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