Adalbert Stifter
Born
in Oberplan, Bohemia, now Horni Plana, Czech Republic
October 23, 1805
Died
January 28, 1868
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Rock Crystal
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84 editions
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1853
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Brigitta
52 editions
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published
1843
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Indian Summer
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95 editions
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published
1857
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Motley Stones
by
81 editions
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published
1853
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The Bachelors
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46 editions
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published
1845
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El sendero en el bosque
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25 editions
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published
1845
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Granit
8 editions
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published
1853
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Abdías
by
36 editions
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published
1842
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Der Hochwald
33 editions
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published
1842
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Brigitta and Other Tales
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6 editions
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1844
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“Great beauty and youth capture our attention, excite a deep pleasure; however, why shouldn't our souls gaze at a countenance over which the years have passed? Isn't there a story there, one unknown, full of pain or beauty, which pours its reflection into the features, a story we can read with some compassion or at least get a slight hint of its meaning? The young point toward the future; the old tell of a past.”
― Indian Summer
― Indian Summer
“Everything that now exists, no matter how great and good it is, lasts for a time, fulfills a purpose, and then passes on. And so it will be with all the works of art that now exist; an eternal veil of forgetfulness will lie over them, just as there is now over those things that came before.”
― Indian Summer
― Indian Summer
“. . . for us there still exists a serene, unfathomable abyss in which God and the spirits dwell. The soul, in moments of ecstasy, often soars across it; poetry unveils it at times with childlike naivete; but science with its hammer and yardstick is often perched at the rim and may, in many cases, contribute nothing at all.”
― Brigitta
― Brigitta
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