Project Gutenberg 2019-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 86 Speyer, Wilhelm 1887 1952 Speyer, Willy Wie wir einst so glücklich waren! Produced by Jens Sadowski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive. "Wie wir einst so glücklich waren!" by Wilhelm Speyer is a novella written in the early 20th century. The text dives into themes of loneliness, nostalgia, and the exploration of youth and identity through the eyes of the protagonist, a young man named Walter Regnitz. The story sets up a poignant contrast between the protagonist's current melancholic existence and the vibrant past he longs to remember. At the start of the narrative, the atmosphere is suffused with the autumnal melancholy as Walter reflects on his isolation while observing the relentless rain. He is filled with a profound sense of loneliness, realizing that he has no one to confide in or share his life with, not even a pet to keep him company. Walter’s memories drift to a summer filled with happiness spent in a nobleman's estate, where he recalls a young woman, Nina, whom he adored. As the opening unfolds, we witness the beginning of Walter's self-exploration as he navigates the paradox of feeling unworthy of love in a world that promises connection and fulfillment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. de German fiction -- 20th century PT Text Category: Novels Category: German Literature 147753 2025-06-23T13:41:02.476502 text/html 146474 2019-04-01T12:09:32 text/html 175420 2025-06-23T13:41:06.903448 application/epub+zip 173693 2025-06-23T13:41:03.463480 application/epub+zip 142413 2025-06-23T13:41:02.979473 application/epub+zip 224886 2025-06-23T13:41:09.505458 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203035 2025-06-23T13:41:06.406513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172757 2022-09-26T21:10:58.555909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122691 2025-06-23T13:41:01.959538 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 120792 2019-04-01T12:09:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18529 2025-06-23T13:41:09.649439 application/rdf+xml 26022 2025-06-23T13:41:03.063478 image/jpeg 3753 2025-06-23T13:41:03.020487 image/jpeg 47239 2019-04-01T12:09:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 145155 2019-04-01T12:09:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 146073 2025-06-23T13:41:02.503480 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