The Jew's Beech

A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny, including ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgangers and grizzly discoveries, as well as a famously ambiguous climax.

Summary

A prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society, this intriguing novella contains hints of the Gothic and the uncanny, including ominous thunderstorms, mysterious disappearances, eerie doppelgangers and grizzly discoveries, as well as a famously ambiguous climax.

Product details

• Authors: Annette Von Droste-Hulshoff, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
• Assisted by: Doris Thomas (Translation), Lionel Thomas (Translation)
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.09.2013
• EAN: 9781847493552
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-355-2
• No. of pages: 107
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Oneworld Classics; Alma Classics; Alma Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Crime & mystery, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Gothic, murder; rural Westphalia; Gothic; doppelgängers