Jeremias Gotthelf 4,542 ratings
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After one of their own members repeatedly fails to live up to a pact with the Devil, a petty and morally bankrupt village community is terrorized by a succession of deadly black spiders. First published in 1842, this haunting cautionary novella shrewdly dissects the iniquitous social dynamics of rural life through the use of dark satire and realism.
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HorrorClassicsFictionGerman LiteratureGothicSchoolNovella19th CenturyLiteratureGermany
109 Pages