Project Gutenberg 2010-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 113 Raabe, Wilhelm 1831 1910 Raabe, Wilhelm Karl Corvinus, Jacob Corvinus, Jakob Deutscher Mondschein Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher_Mondschein Produced by Michael Wooff, with German from the original text, and his own translation "Deutscher Mondschein" by Wilhelm Raabe is a novel written during the late 19th century. Set against a backdrop of the idyllic island of Sylt, the story explores themes of human emotion, societal expectations, and the struggle between rationality and the allure of romanticism. The narrative is delivered from the perspective of a pragmatic protagonist who encounters a man driven to the brink of madness by his complicated relationship with the moon. The story begins with the narrator recounting his time on Sylt, where he meets a troubled individual named Löhnefinke, a preußischer Kreisrichter, who expresses a deep-seated animosity toward the moon. Löhnefinke describes how the moon seems to haunt him, turning his seemingly stable life into a chaotic affair, driving him to despair as he battles feelings of inadequacy rooted in his conventional upbringing. As the two men share a humorous and philosophical conversation, Löhnefinke's obsession with the moon reveals broader truths about life, identity, and the cultural pressures of their time. Ultimately, the tale juxtaposes the mundanity of everyday existence with surreal moments inspired by the poetical appeal of the moon, leading to reflections on how art and nature influence the human experience. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. de Short stories German fiction PT Text DE Prosa Category: Novels Category: German Literature 73596 2025-08-13T07:13:48.208131 text/html 73417 2025-01-13T07:32:00.171320 text/html 97654 2025-08-13T07:13:53.001100 application/epub+zip 96572 2025-08-13T07:13:50.638107 application/epub+zip 95180 2025-08-13T07:13:49.579129 application/epub+zip 195421 2025-08-13T07:13:54.559103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189257 2025-08-13T07:13:52.152131 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 164319 2022-09-14T15:58:01.011654 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 62936 2025-08-13T07:13:47.995108 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 62827 2021-01-06T11:39:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 61816 2021-01-06T11:39:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19748 2025-08-13T07:13:54.705073 application/rdf+xml 13742 2025-08-13T07:13:50.071128 image/jpeg 3497 2025-08-13T07:13:49.818096 image/jpeg 25500 2021-01-06T11:39:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 25321 2021-01-06T11:39:43 application/octet-stream application/zip 95592 2025-08-13T07:13:48.215123 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