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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    February 2001
  • Latest Book:
    February 2019
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Book List in Order: 6 titles



  • Wilhelm Raabe (1831-1910) was Germany's greatest realist novelist. He has been called by Jeffrey Sammons "the major novelist in the German language between Goethe and Fontane." Das Odfeld, first published in 1888-89, occupies an undisputed place amon...



  • Wilhelm Raabe's novel entitled Der Hungerpastor (1864) is a classic example of the so-called "poetic realism" to which many - primarily bourgeois - German writers were devoted between 1850 and 1890. --- Wilhelm Raabe (1831 - 1910) became famous follo...







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    He was born in Eschershausen (then in the Duchy of Brunswick, now in the Holzminden District). After attending gymnasia in Holzminden and Wolfenbüttel, he entered a bookstore in Magdeburg as apprentice in 1849. He used this opportunity for wide ...





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Wilhelm Raabe has published 6 books.

Wilhelm Raabe does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Elderflowers, was published in February 2019.

The first book by Wilhelm Raabe, The Odin Field, was published in February 2001.

No. Wilhelm Raabe does not write books in series.