Articles on books of the MoneyMuseum.
Enjoy the collection of the MoneyMuseum. To this end, we have compiled thematic areas for you that examine selected books in terms of their historical, social and intellectual context.
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Erzählungen
Master Tales by Arthur Schnitzler: Ordinary People With Ordinary Problems
In his stories, Arthur Schnitzler set a monument to "ordinary" people. The description of their everyday worries reveals to us: we are not that different from the people in Vienna around 1900.
Radetzkymarsch
Radetzky March: Swan Song to the Habsburg Monarchy
With the end of First World War, the centuries-long Habsburg monarchy and the splendor of the old Austria also came to an end. It had been looming for some time. No one described this age before the abyss as sensitively and devotedly as Joseph Roth in his novel Radetzkymarsch.
Also sprach Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
“The most profound book of mankind”, this is how, in all modesty, Friedrich Nietzsche spoke of probably his most popular work, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”. At that time, the wild child generated buzz among European intellectuals. What is the book actually about? Not an easy question...
Meistererzählungen
Meistererzählungen by Kafka: Strange, Disturbing, Confusing – And Deeply Funny?
Manesse's collection contains, in addition to Kafka's world-famous novel fragments, a multitude of lesser-known tales that are equally fascinating and enigmatic. They have the potential to plunge the reader into deep philosophical crisis - or to merely inspire a cheerful smile.
The White Heron, and Other Tales from the Country of the Pointed Firs
Tales from the Country of the Pointed Firs: New England Local Color
Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) dedicates her short stories to her homeland, the New England coast. She lovingly captures the peculiarities of the region and its inhabitants, exploring the contrasting relationship between town and country, civilization and nature. Join her to the land of the pointed firs.
