Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker. Vol. I

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By Listen TheBook Posted on Jun 1, 2023

In Category - Literary Fiction

Authors: Berthold Auerbach In Year : 1861

Book Language: English

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"EPITAPH"
Chapter I, "IS IT NOT YET MORNING?"
Chapter II, "A DUET INTERRUPTED, AND RESUMED"
Chapter III, "THE FIERCE RÖTTMÄNNER"
Chapter IV, "MARTINA'S RETURN HOME"
Chapter V, "A DAY OF TROUBLE"
Chapter VI, "HOW A VILLAGE PASTOR WAS SUMMONED TO COURT"
Chapter VII, "THE HOME OF SCHILDER-DAVID"
Chapter VIII, "WARM AND SNUG IN THE PARSONAGE"
Chapter IX, "BETROTHAL AND PLIGHT"
Chapter X, "A FATHER IN SEARCH OF HIS SON"
Chapter XI, "THE VILLAGE CHURCH DESERTED"
Chapter XII, "WHERE IS JOSEPH?"
Chapter XIII, "A TROOP OF HOBGOBLINS"
Chapter XIV, "LOST IN THE FOREST"
Chapter XV, "A CHILD SEEKING HIS FATHER"
Chapter XVI, "ASLEEP AND AWAKE AGAIN IN THE FOREST MILL"
Chapter XVII, "A GREAT EVENT IN A SMALL HOUSE"
Chapter XVIII, "FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILD"
Chapter XIX, "A VOICE AT MIDNIGHT"
Chapter XX, "DAYLIGHT"

Nearly Christmas and the precocious and rambunctious Joseph is excited at the prospect of meeting his father (Adam) on the morrow (Christmas Eve). For her part, his unwed mother, Martina, dreads the passage of time, for Adam is now betrothed to another. Adam's overbearing mother - an embittered woman who holds God and others responsible for the tragic death of her other son, Vincent - had refused to countenance a union of her only remaining son with the 'lowly' Martina, who had served as a maid in her household. The young and beautiful Martina does not lack for other suitors but, as she has said, 'I could easily get a good husband, but my Joseph can get no other father than Adam, even if he wished it.' Christmas Eve arrives and little Joseph disappears. Where can the boy be? Has he wandered into the snowy forest where the villagers have seen a wolf on the prowl? What will become of the child? (Summary by Brian Fullen)