Project Gutenberg 2008-09-23 Public domain in the USA. 251 Greinz, Rudolf 1866 1942 Greinz, Rudolf Heinrich Der heilige Bürokrazius: Eine heitere Legende Produced by Louise Hope, Norbert H. Langkau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Der heilige Bürokrazius: Eine heitere Legende" by Rudolf Greinz is a satirical novel written in the early 20th century. The book explores themes of bureaucracy and human folly through the lens of humor, focusing on the titular character, Saint Bürokrazius, who is depicted as a patron of human stupidity and bureaucratic absurdities. The opening of the text introduces the character of Pater Hilarius, who is pivotal to the narrative as he prepares to give a famous sermon that humorously critiques human nature, comparing people to cattle. He reflects on his love for Tiroler Speckknödel and wine, setting the tone for a narrative filled with wit and pointed observations on human behavior. This humor leads him to realize that human folly, much like bureaucracy, needs a patron saint, which inspires him to create the legend of Saint Bürokrazius. The narrative mixes religious themes with lightheartedness, ultimately crafting a satirical tale that promises to delve into the comical side of human absurdity and institutional complexities. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 71.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. de German wit and humor Bureaucracy PT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Humour Browsing: Literature Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: German Literature 216734 2025-06-11T06:32:44.369293 text/html 212448 2008-09-23T07:06:46 text/html; charset=utf-8 185753 2008-09-23T07:07:16 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 198535 2025-06-11T06:32:48.647287 application/epub+zip 199126 2025-06-11T06:32:45.255288 application/epub+zip 143266 2025-06-11T06:32:44.816311 application/epub+zip 289396 2025-06-11T06:32:51.240305 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265591 2025-06-11T06:32:48.220267 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197069 2022-09-12T10:50:58.494870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192186 2025-06-11T06:32:43.859300 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 191967 2008-09-23T07:06:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 70009 2008-09-23T07:07:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 187922 2008-09-23T07:07:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69435 2008-09-23T07:07:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20809 2025-06-11T06:32:51.397272 application/rdf+xml 28495 2025-06-11T06:32:44.904286 image/jpeg 4030 2025-06-11T06:32:44.859288 image/jpeg 186929 2025-06-11T06:32:44.433317 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia