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The Goose Man

by Jakob Wassermann

Level B2 · Upper-intermediateClassics17 chapters
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CEFR level
B2
Length
17 chapters
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About this book

About this book

In a quiet Bavarian town, a weaver and his wife struggle against the rise of machine-made cloth, as their hopes for a son collide with the harsh dawn of industrial change. Poverty and despair threaten to unravel their lives in this poignant tale of loss and longing.

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Contents

17 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02A MOTHER SEEKS HER SON
03[23]FOES, BROTHERS, A FRIEND AND A MASK
04[44]THE NERO OF TO-DAY
05[65]INSPECTOR JORDAN AND HIS CHILDREN
06[97]VOICES FROM WITHOUT AND VOICES FROM WITHIN
07[123]IN MEMORY OF A DREAM FIGURE
08[153]DANIEL AND GERTRUDE
09[178]THE GLASS CASE BREAKS
10[204]TRES FACIUNT COLLEGIUM
11[239]PHILIPPINA STARTS A FIRE
12[277]ELEANORE

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