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The 19th century
 📌 You can read non-fiction or historical fiction for this prompt! 📌  

This is a very interesting time in German history, and a very productive one in German literature.

The 19th century includes the following literary periods in the German-speaking world:

  •  💡 Weimarer Klassik (Weimar Classicism) (not to be confused with the Weimar Republic)
  •  💡 Romantik (German Romanticism) 
  •  💡 Biedermeier 
  •  💡 Vormärz 
  •  💡 Realismus (Realism) & 💡 Naturalismus (Naturalism) 

 
If you want to read a book written during this period, here are some
notable works:
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: 🔹 Faust
  • E. T. A. Hoffmann: Der Sandmann (🔹 The Sandman)
  • Annette von Droste-Hülshoff: Die Judenbuche (🔹 The Jews' Beech Tree: A Moral Portrait)
  • Friedrich Schiller: 🔹 Maria Stuart // 🔹 Wilhelm Tell
  • Georg Büchner: 🔹 Woyzeck
  • Bettina von Arnim: 🔹 Dies Buch gehört dem König
  • Hedwig Dohm: "Werde, wie du bist!" Wie Frauen werden (🔹 Become Who You Are)
  • Theodor Fontane: 🔹 Effi Briest // 🔹 Frau Jenny Treibel
  • Theodor Storm: 🔹 Immensee // Der Schimmelreiter (🔹 The Rider of the White Horse)
  • Gerhart Hauptmann: 🔹 Bahnwärter Thiel
  • poetry by Heinrich Heine or Novalis
All books added
Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist

Michael Kohlhaas

Heinrich von Kleist

141 pages • first pub 1810 (editions)

fiction classics adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
Nussknacker und Mausekönig by E.T.A. Hoffmann

Nussknacker und Mausekönig

E.T.A. Hoffmann

126 pages • first pub 1816 (editions)

fiction childrens classics fantasy adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Woyzeck by Georg Büchner

Woyzeck

Georg Büchner

210 pages • first pub 1837 (editions)

fiction classics mystery play dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen by Heinrich Heine

Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen

Heinrich Heine

80 pages • first pub 1844 (editions)

fiction history literary poetry reflective slow-paced
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane

Effi Briest

Theodor Fontane

9 hours, 55 minutes • first pub 1895 (editions)

fiction classics emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Immensee und andere Novellen by Theodor Storm

Immensee und andere Novellen

Theodor Storm

79 pages • first pub 1848 (editions)

fiction classics reflective medium-paced
Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena by Georg Büchner

Woyzeck/Leonce und Lena

Georg Büchner

86 pages • first pub 1879 (editions)

fiction classics play dark fast-paced
Goethe's Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Goethe's Faust

Goethe's Faust #1-2

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

512 pages • first pub 1808 (editions)

fiction classics play poetry adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Faust, First Part

Goethe's Faust #1

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

327 pages • first pub 1808 (editions)

fiction classics play poetry adventurous dark reflective slow-paced
The Jews' Beech by Doris Thomas, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Lionel Thomas

The Jews' Beech

Doris Thomas, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Lionel Thomas

112 pages • first pub 1842 (editions)

fiction classics dark mysterious reflective medium-paced