Project Gutenberg 2024-06-11 Public domain in the USA. 97 Schücking, Levin 1814 1883 Schucking, Levin Repsold, Wilhelm 1885 1969 Die Bestechung : $b Novelle $aBerlin :$bFlemming und Wiskott, $c1920. Peter Becker, Hans Theyer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Die Bestechung : Novelle" by Levin Schücking is a fictional novella written in the late 19th century. As with many literary works from this era, it explores themes of morality, societal pressures, and the human condition. The narrative delves into the topic of corruption within the military conscription process, highlighting the lengths individuals may go to escape the burdens of service. The story follows Gotthard, a military doctor involved in a conscription commission, who becomes entangled in a web of bribery orchestrated by the clever innkeeper, Herr Espenbeck, to manipulate the outcomes for certain young men in town. Gotthard finds himself torn between his professional ethics and personal circumstances when he falls in love with Anna, the innkeeper's daughter. As the complications unfold, Gotthard faces a moral dilemma after he inadvertently accepts a bribe, leading to despair and the contemplation of his own future. Ultimately, Anna's determination to protect Gotthard from the consequences of her father's actions brings the narrative to a dramatic climax, revealing themes of love, sacrifice, and moral redemption. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/diebestechungnov00sch 20220120104633schcking 1920 de Reading ease score: 74.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. de German fiction -- 19th century PT Text Category: Novels Category: German Literature 86176 2025-07-29T08:20:15.194228 text/html 61305 2024-06-11T14:24:34 text/html 1021330 2025-07-29T08:20:18.686258 application/epub+zip 1019958 2025-07-29T08:20:16.365253 application/epub+zip 138310 2025-07-29T08:20:15.636232 application/epub+zip 1352467 2025-07-29T08:20:20.634188 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1338432 2025-07-29T08:20:18.192240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 72406 2025-07-29T08:20:14.967211 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 52500 2024-06-11T14:24:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16343 2025-07-29T08:20:20.779192 application/rdf+xml 16088 2025-07-29T08:20:15.844339 image/jpeg 2859 2025-07-29T08:20:15.734223 image/jpeg 1052501 2025-07-29T08:20:15.224236 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 de.wikipedia