Young Gustav is brought up underground by a pious tutor until his eighth year, then led out into the daylight and the world of German courts, schools and secret societies. Jean Paul tells it in sections and digressive extra leaves, mixing tenderness, satire and the narrator’s own crowded parsonage life.
The book his biographer called the cradle of Hesperus and Titan, for readers who enjoy Sterne-like whimsy. Download the free EPUB.