Geschichten vom lieben Gott (Stories of God), published in 1904, is Rainer Maria Rilke’s early prose work — a collection of lyrical tales framed as stories told to children about God’s presence in the world, humanity, and everyday experience. Written in German, the stories carry the mystical intimacy and searching spiritual sensibility that would define Rilke’s later poetry.
Less well known than the Duino Elegies or Sonnets to Orpheus, these tales reveal the religious imagination that underlies all of Rilke’s work. Download this free public-domain EPUB to encounter the great poet in an accessible, warmly human form.