Gesammelte Schriften von Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1/10) : Erster Band:…
"Gesammelte Schriften von Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1/10)" by Ebner-Eschenbach is a collection of aphorisms, parables, and poems written in the late 19th century. It presents sharp, humane reflections on character, society, art, and ethics, pairing polished maxims with brief allegorical tales rather than a single storyline or protagonist. Figures from daily life and personified ideas—Pride, Merit, Justice—serve to probe moral ambiguities and the demands of conscience. The opening of the collection unfolds
through several hundred numbered aphorisms that distill observations on virtue and vice, freedom and necessity, love, patience, vanity, art, education, and the uses of suffering. After this cascade of maxims, the section “Parabeln und Märchen” offers narrative exempla: in “Die Mußmenschen,” a fugitive seeks a determinist utopia, commits violence, is treated as “ill,” and is condemned when he claims free will—an ironic critique of systems that collapse into the same coercive end. Shorter pieces sharpen the moral edge: a molehill mocks a volcano; a poor street singer is hailed as the true poet while a lauded author is called a day laborer; Prometheus finds forgiveness cannot erase the sting of memory; Pride collides with Merit and shatters; the statue of Justice shifts into a symbol of self-defense; a windblown leaf mistakes drift for mastery; and only Kindness remains undefeated in a grand battle of virtues and vices. The tone is lucid, witty, and compassionate, using compact images to test ideals against human frailty. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von, 1830-1916 |
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| Title | Gesammelte Schriften von Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1/10) : Erster Band: Aphorismen. Parabeln, Märchen und Gedichte. |
| Original Publication | Berlin: Verlag von Gebrüder Paetel, 1893. |
| Credits | Richard Illner and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Austrian literature -- 19th century |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77889 |
| Release Date | Feb 8, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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