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Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; / or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel.

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A miscellany of whimsical, satirical, and reflective pieces that alternate between short narratives and digressive essays, observing domestic and social situations with both comic detail and melancholic insight. The author blends anecdote, moral reflection, and playful rhetorical experiment, punctuating sketches with prefaces and self-critical commentary about revision and taste. Small vignettes are grouped by thematic modes—floral, fruity, thorny—and the work mixes humour with earnest philosophical asides on marriage, mortality, and artistic temperament, producing a porous blend of story, aphorism, and editorial voice rather than a single continuous plot.

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Title: Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces;

Author: Jean Paul

Translator: A. Ewing

Release date: May 19, 2011 [eBook #36164]
Most recently updated: November 8, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Charles Bowen

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RICHTER’S

FLOWER, FRUIT, AND THORN PIECES.

GEORGE BELL & SONS

LONDON: YORK ST., COVENT GARDEN
NEW YORK 66 FIFTH AVENUE, AND
BOMBAY: 53 ESPLANADE ROAD
CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON BELL & CO.

FLOWER, FRUIT AND THORN PIECES;

OR, THE

WEDDED LIFE, DEATH, AND MARRIAGE

OF

FIRMIAN STANISLAUS SIEBENKÆS,

PARISH ADVOCATE

IN THE BURGH OF KUHSCHNAPPEL.

(A GENUINE THORN PIECE.)

BY

JEAN PAUL FRIEDRICH RICHTER.

Translated from the German

BY

ALEXANDER EWING.

LONDON

GEORGE BELL AND SONS

1897

[Reprinted from Stereotype plates.]