Two short fictions by one of nineteenth-century Germany's foremost stylists: "The Woman Taken in Adultery" was inspired by a contemporary scandal and is an unusual tale of adultery with a happy ending: "The Poggenpuhl Family" takes place at a birthday party and brilliantly evokes a family of Berlin aristocrats struggling with genteel poverty.
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Two short fictions by one of nineteenth-century Germany's foremost stylists: "The Woman Taken in Adultery" was inspired by a contemporary scandal and is an unusual tale of adultery with a happy ending: "The Poggenpuhl Family" takes place at a birthday party and brilliantly evokes a family of Berlin aristocrats struggling with genteel poverty.
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