Anton Wohlfart, an official’s son from a small town, enters the counting-house of the merchant T. O. Schröter and learns the honest dignity of trade. His story runs alongside the decline of an aristocratic family ruined by speculation and the rise of the unscrupulous Veitel Itzig, ending in turmoil on the Polish frontier.
One of the most widely read German novels of the nineteenth century; its portrait of Jewish characters reflects prejudices of 1855 that readers should note. Download the free EPUB.