Walpurga, a young peasant mother from the mountains, is brought to a royal summer palace to nurse the infant crown prince. Through her eyes Auerbach sets the simple faith of village life against the intrigues of the court, and especially the proud Countess Irma, whose secret guilt eventually sends her up into the heights to seek atonement.
One of the most widely read German novels of the 1860s, a study of guilt and forgiveness across the classes. Download the free EPUB.