Black Forest Village StoriesCOMPLETE WORKS.Charles Goepp translationChapter navigation56 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterVILLAGE STORIESBerthold AuerbachAUTHOR'S EDITIONNEW YORK LEYPOLDT & HOLT 1869THE GAWKTHE PIPE OF WAR.1.2.NIP-CHEEKED TONEY.1.2.THE HOSTILE BROTHERS.THE FIRST MASS.THE TEACHER.CHILD'S LOVE.BRINDLE AND THE GOSLINGS.LIFE IN THE FIELDS.THE GRAMMAR-SCHOOL.THE CONVENT.THE HOLIDAYS.THE FRIENDS.A MEETING.THE COLLEGE.THE COLLEGE CHAP.DISCORD.THE QUARREL.RELEASE.THE GIRLS AT THE WELL.FLYING OFF THE HANDLE.WEEKDAY LIFE ON SUNDAY.HOW FLORIAN AND CRESCENCE MET AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME.FLORIAN DROPS A BUTTON OR TWO.FLORIAN IN CLOVER.DOWN HILL.FLORIAN LOSES MONEY AND WINS CRESCENCE.WHAT BECOMES OF A SCAPEGRACE AND OF A LOVING GIRL.FLORIAN DISDAINS THE HELP WHICH IS OFFERED HIM.FLORIAN HELPS HIMSELF.NEW BOOTS, AND HOW THEY PINCHED.THE GAUNTLET.MISERY AND FUN.A CHILD LOST AND A FATHER FOUND.THE LAUTERBACHER.THE LAUTERBACHER. (continued 2)The Gain of a Loss.The Fisher Maiden.LEYPOLDT & HOLT, Publishers,COMPLETE WORKS.Problematic Characters.Through Night to Light.The Hohensteins.Hammer and Anvil.In Rank and File.Rose, and the Village Coquette.LEYPOLDT & HOLT, PUBLISHERS,Previous chapter ←LEYPOLDT & HOLT, Publishers,Next chapter →Problematic Characters.All chapters and sections (56)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsVILLAGE STORIESBerthold AuerbachAUTHOR'S EDITIONNEW YORK LEYPOLDT & HOLT 1869THE GAWKTHE PIPE OF WAR.1.2.NIP-CHEEKED TONEY.1.2.THE HOSTILE BROTHERS.THE FIRST MASS.THE TEACHER.CHILD'S LOVE.BRINDLE AND THE GOSLINGS.LIFE IN THE FIELDS.THE GRAMMAR-SCHOOL.THE CONVENT.THE HOLIDAYS.THE FRIENDS.A MEETING.THE COLLEGE.THE COLLEGE CHAP.DISCORD.THE QUARREL.RELEASE.THE GIRLS AT THE WELL.FLYING OFF THE HANDLE.WEEKDAY LIFE ON SUNDAY.HOW FLORIAN AND CRESCENCE MET AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME.FLORIAN DROPS A BUTTON OR TWO.FLORIAN IN CLOVER.DOWN HILL.FLORIAN LOSES MONEY AND WINS CRESCENCE.WHAT BECOMES OF A SCAPEGRACE AND OF A LOVING GIRL.FLORIAN DISDAINS THE HELP WHICH IS OFFERED HIM.FLORIAN HELPS HIMSELF.NEW BOOTS, AND HOW THEY PINCHED.THE GAUNTLET.MISERY AND FUN.A CHILD LOST AND A FATHER FOUND.THE LAUTERBACHER.THE LAUTERBACHER. (continued 2)The Gain of a Loss.The Fisher Maiden.LEYPOLDT & HOLT, Publishers,COMPLETE WORKS.Problematic Characters.Through Night to Light.The Hohensteins.Hammer and Anvil.In Rank and File.Rose, and the Village Coquette.LEYPOLDT & HOLT, PUBLISHERS,Translated from the German.◇I.← LEYPOLDT & HOLT, Publishers,Problematic Characters. →