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

by Berthold Auerbach

21 chapters5h 21mEnglish1861

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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)

Chapters (20)

1Chapter I, "IS IT NOT YET MORNING?"

1038

2Chapter II, "A DUET INTERRUPTED, AND RESUMED"

768

3Chapter III, "THE FIERCE RÖTTMÄNNER"

994

4Chapter IV, "MARTINA'S RETURN HOME"

1019

5Chapter V, "A DAY OF TROUBLE"

649

6Chapter VI, "HOW A VILLAGE PASTOR WAS SUMMONED TO COURT"

1107

7Chapter VII, "THE HOME OF SCHILDER-DAVID"

757

8Chapter VIII, "WARM AND SNUG IN THE PARSONAGE"

750

9Chapter IX, "BETROTHAL AND PLIGHT"

967

10Chapter X, "A FATHER IN SEARCH OF HIS SON"

719

11Chapter XI, "THE VILLAGE CHURCH DESERTED"

573

12Chapter XII, "WHERE IS JOSEPH?"

1448

13Chapter XIII, "A TROOP OF HOBGOBLINS"

1361

14Chapter XIV, "LOST IN THE FOREST"

1766

15Chapter XV, "A CHILD SEEKING HIS FATHER"

1361

16Chapter XVI, "ASLEEP AND AWAKE AGAIN IN THE FOREST MILL"

909

17Chapter XVII, "A GREAT EVENT IN A SMALL HOUSE"

699

18Chapter XVIII, "FOR THE SAKE OF THE CHILD"

770

19Chapter XIX, "A VOICE AT MIDNIGHT"

290

20Chapter XX, "DAYLIGHT"

1272

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

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