Project Gutenberg 2024-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 133 Lienhard, Friedrich 1865 1929 Lienhard, Fritz Lienhard, Frédéric Lienhard, Frederic Westmark : $b Roman aus dem Elsaß Westmark : Roman aus dem Elsass $aStuttgart :$bTürmer-Verlag Greiner und Pfeiffer, $c1919. Peter Becker, Hans Theyer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Westmark: Roman aus dem Elsaß" by Friedrich Lienhard is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of World War I and explores themes of identity, love, and the struggles of life in Alsace during a time of conflict. The main character, Pfarrer Johann Friedrich Arnold, is depicted as a solemn yet thoughtful man grappling with personal loss and the broader implications of war on his homeland. The opening of the novel introduces the eerie autumn landscape of Alsace, filled with a sense of melancholy as Arnold reflects on his life and the ongoing war that threatens the stability of his community. He is portrayed as a man burdened by the weight of his past, including sorrow for his wife and concerns for his troubled son, Gustav. As he sits in a quiet spot contemplating his feelings, the narrative shifts to Gustav and his fiancée, Fanny Bieler, revealing their intertwined lives amid the chaos of war. The reader is drawn into a story of familial love, cultural conflict, and the struggles faced by those on the home front, setting the stage for deeper explorations of personal and national identity in the chapters to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=oxfaleph012753307&indx=1&recIds=oxfaleph012753307 20180925103328lienhard 1919 de Reading ease score: 74.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. de Families -- Fiction Alsace (France) -- Fiction PT Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: German Literature 448217 2025-06-29T10:40:30.046502 text/html 422347 2024-09-20T14:16:57 text/html 355096 2025-06-29T10:40:36.932476 application/epub+zip 353441 2025-06-29T10:40:31.759485 application/epub+zip 352032 2025-06-29T10:40:30.861546 application/epub+zip 1090073 2025-06-29T10:40:40.861495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1061860 2025-06-29T10:40:36.270447 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412501 2025-06-29T10:40:29.120547 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 392700 2024-09-20T14:16:57 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16213 2025-06-29T10:40:41.011442 application/rdf+xml 15455 2025-06-29T10:40:31.172499 image/jpeg 2171 2025-06-29T10:40:31.017500 image/jpeg 802334 2025-06-29T10:40:30.173495 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