Project Gutenberg 2011-07-25 Public domain in the USA. 256 Franzos, Karl Emil 1848 1904 Franzos, Emil Franzos, K. E. (Karl Emil) Gosse, Edmund 1849 1928 Gosse, Edmund W. (Edmund William) Gosse, Edmund William, Sir Corbet, Miles Der Präsident. English The Chief Justice: A Novel Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive "The Chief Justice: A Novel" by Karl Emil Franzos is a fictional work likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around Charles Victor, Baron von Sendlingen, a dedicated Chief Justice in a northern Austrian town grappling with complex moral dilemmas that challenge the core tenets of justice and personal honor. The narrative delves into themes of duty, family legacy, and the struggle against both external societal expectations and internal conflicts. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Baron von Sendlingen, a man caught in a tumultuous emotional landscape. The Chief Justice is a respected figure within the judicial system, but his world is shattered as he discovers that a defendant in an upcoming trial is none other than his illegitimate daughter, Victorine Lippert. Haunted by his past decisions and the weight of his responsibilities, Sendlingen wrestles with the ramifications of his relationship with her, facing the challenge of upholding justice while harboring deep personal stakes. His reverent commitment to the law becomes increasingly complicated as he contemplates the possibilities of saving Victorine from the death penalty and grappling with the question of whether familial bonds outweigh his duty as a judge. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 80.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fathers and daughters -- Fiction Illegitimate children -- Fiction Trials (Murder) -- Fiction Austria -- Fiction Judges -- Fiction PT Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 442912 2025-06-15T05:51:33.412582 text/html 447266 2021-01-07T23:36:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 158507 2021-01-07T23:36:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 238629 2025-06-15T05:51:42.547549 application/epub+zip 244803 2025-06-15T05:51:37.062564 application/epub+zip 232781 2025-06-15T05:51:35.603576 application/epub+zip 434775 2025-06-15T05:51:46.591523 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 410422 2025-06-15T05:51:41.408513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379811 2022-09-17T03:47:47.460106 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404795 2025-06-15T05:51:32.318596 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 404601 2021-01-07T23:36:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 154149 2021-01-07T23:36:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 404631 2021-01-07T23:36:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 154099 2021-01-07T23:36:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22655 2025-06-15T05:51:46.758504 application/rdf+xml 12895 2025-06-15T05:51:36.175559 image/jpeg 3407 2025-06-15T05:51:35.885546 image/jpeg 234655 2025-06-15T05:51:33.450557 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 en.wikipedia en.wikipedia