Frank Wedekind

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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books
  • First Book:
    April 2010
  • Latest Book:
    May 2025
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Book List in Order: 13 titles

  • Mine-Haha

    At once a dystopian fantasy and a critique of sexual norms, Mine-Haha describes a unique boarding institution for girls -- part idyllic refuge, part prison -- where pupils are trained only in the physical arts of movement, dance, and music, before is...

  • The Seducer

    In this short tale by the German playwright Frank Wedekind, the narrator recounts the travails he goes through in an attempt to seduce a lovely young cousin.Genre: short storyLength: 2,200 wordsDate of English translation: 2012...

  • Spring Awakening

    Set in late 19th century Germany, it concerns teenagers who are discovering the inner and outer tumult of sexuality. The plays performance was threatened with closure when the city's Commissioner of Licenses claimed that the play was pornographic, du...

  • The Awakening of Spring

  • Pandora's Box

    Pandora's Box (1904) (Die Büchse der Pandora) is a play by the German dramatist Frank Wedekind. It forms the second part of his pairing of 'Lulu' plays (the first is Earth Spirit [1895]), both of which depict a society "riven by the demands of lust ...

  • The Vaccination

    "By and large," the straying wife of Frank Wedekind's classic erotic tale says to her young lover, "husbands are jealous only so long as they have no reason to be. As soon as there really is a reason for them to be jealous, it&rsqu...

  • Such Is Life

    Benjamin Franklin Wedekind, usually known as Frank Wedekind, was a German playwright. His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes, is considered to anticipate expressionism, and he was a major influence on the development of epic theatre....

  • Earth Spirit

  • Lulu



  • The Bachelors

  • Erdgeist

    " ...](At rise, is seen the entrance to a tent, out of which steps an animal-tamer, with long, black curls, dressed in a white cravat, a vermilion dress-coat, white trowsers and white top-boots. He carries in his left hand a dog-whip and in his right...

  • Pandora's Box - A Tragedy in Three Acts

  • The Grisley Suitor; a Story

    The Grisley Suitor is a compelling short story from Frank Wedekind, presented here in English translation. This early 20th-century work offers a glimpse into the social and literary landscape of its time. Wedekind's sharp prose and incisive observati...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Frank Wedekind has published 13 books.

Frank Wedekind does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Grisley Suitor; a Story, was published in May 2025.

The first book by Frank Wedekind, Mine-Haha, was published in April 2010.

No. Frank Wedekind does not write books in series.
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