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The Family Life of Heinrich Heine; Illustrated by 122 Hitherto Unpublished Letters Addressed to Him by Members of His Family
The Family Life of Heinrich Heine Illustrated by 122 Hitherto Unpublished Letters Addressed to Him by Members of His Family Author:Heinrich Heine General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: W. Heinemann Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / German Poetry / Continental European Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books e... more »dition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: XVII. Luneburg, October 1826. My DEAR LOTTIE is here heartily greeted and assured of my brotherly love. I have indeed thought oftener of thee than thou deemest, and far more tenderly in later days than I would ever have dreamed that I could do. I read of thy confinement while at Norderney in the Hamburg Zcitung, and indeed I was most uneasy till I had done so. I am glad that thou hast a boy. May God take the dear child in His special care, and grant that manhood may not be in him precociously crippled. Wherever I am, dear Lottie, and wherever I may be, my heart pours forth daily in the most loving and devoted wishes for thee and thy children. May all go well with thee and thine for ever! Only be good and thou wilt be happy, and thy children will also be good and happy. I beg thee forget me not, for I love thee much. -- Thy brother, H. Heine. In the beginning of November Heine came to Hamburg, intending to settle there as a lawyer, but he soon abandoned this intention and devoted himself entirely to the literary calling. The first part of the Reiscbilder, published by Campe, had appeared, and the literary results, rich in fame, which were beyond all limits, probably contributed not a little to induce him to abandon the dry and just begun legal career. The effect of this book was truly sensational. The humorous, witty, and brilliant original manner of his prose style caused, as did the new form of his verse, a great revolution in German literature, in which it, imitated by many, long ru...« less