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Georg Ebers

Georg Ebers's Books(8)

The Sisters, v1

The Sisters, v1

Literature
5.0
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...wife of Master Ulrich Schwab. The famous guild of Antwerp painters admitted him with pride to be one of their company, and his pictures would be highly esteemed to this day but that they are commonly attributed to other masters, for he never signed his name to any of his works. Of the four Words by whose guidance he had tried to shape his life he had learned to condemn Glory and Power. Fortune and Art remained faithful to him, it is true; for just as the earth has no brightness in itself, but derives its light from the sun, so did Fortune and Art borrow all their splendor, charm, and power from Love. The reckless Electo, whose sword had raged in the fight, had now become a good-hearted neighbor in the fullest Christian sense of the word, and of his worthy master's teaching. Many a stranger has gazed with silent delight at a noble picture representing a handsome and thoughtfully happy mother leading her three blooming children toward an old man, who holds out his arms to them. The old man is Adam, the young mother is Ruth, the three children are the swordsmith's grandchildren. Ulrich Schwab painted it. Antonio Moor died not long after Ulrich's marriage, and a year later Sophonisba di Moncada came to Antwerp to visit the grave of the man she had so tenderly regarded. She had heard from Moor of his finding his old Madrid pupil again, and her first visit was to Ulrich. After she had looked at his work she said, brightly: \" The Word--you know it now, master? I told you then--you remember--that you had found the right one. You have altered since then--altered greatly, and it is a pity you should have cut off your long hair. Still you look like a happy man; and to what do you owe it? To the Word--the one and only true...
Homo Sum -- Volume 05

Homo Sum -- Volume 05

Literature
5.0
Dieses eBook: "Homo sum (Historischer Roman)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Georg Ebers (1837-1898) war ein deutscher Ägyptologe und Schriftsteller. Mit seinen historischen Romanen und populärwissenschaftlichen Büchern trug er zur großen Popularität der Ägyptologie im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert bei. Beginnend mit Eine ägyptische Königstochter (1864) verfasste Ebers zahlreiche historische Romane, die auf großes Leserinteresse stießen. Neben Felix Dahn gilt er als der bedeutendste Vertreter des "Professorenromans". Die Themen der Romane wählte er teilweise aus dem Umfeld seiner wissenschaftlichen Arbeit, also der ägyptischen Geschichte, aber auch aus anderen Epochen (Mittelalter). Aus dem Buch: "Felsen, nackte, harte, rothbraune Felsen ringsum; kein Strauch, kein Halm, kein anschmiegendes Moos, das sonst wohl die Natur, als habe ein Athemzug ihres schöpferischen Lebens den unfruchtbaren Stein gestreift, auf die Felsflächen des Hochgebirges hinhaucht. Nichts als glatter Granit und darüber ein Himmel, so leer von jedem Gewölk, wie die Felsen von Sträuchern und Gräsern. Und doch, in jener Höhlung der Bergeswand regt sich menschliches Leben, und zwei kleine graue Vögel wiegen sich in der reinen, leichten, von der Mittagssonne durchglühten Wüstenluft und verschwinden hinter einer Klippenreihe, die, wie eine Mauer von Menschenhand, eine tiefe Schlucht begrenzt..."