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Jungen

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A sequence of fourteen short stories offers episodic portraits of rural boys at different moments of childhood, portraying small adventures, chores, and lessons learned within village and farm life. Each vignette centers on a youthful point of view, combining gentle humor, encounters with nature, and emerging responsibility as boys undertake tasks and face community expectations. Scenes shift between play and mischief, seasonal labor, and quieter moments of compassion or duty, written in straightforward, descriptive prose that highlights sensory detail and local customs. The collection presents concise character studies and modest rites of passage that reveal ordinary childhood challenges and pleasures.

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Title: Jungen

Vierzehn Geschichten von kleinen ganzen Kerlen

Author: Hans Aanrud

Illustrator: A. Andresen

Lisbeth Bergh

Translator: Friedrich Leskien

Marie Leskien-Lie

Release date: March 6, 2025 [eBook #75541]

Language: German

Original publication: Leipzig: Verlag von Georg Merseburger, 1910

Credits: Hans Theyer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

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Anmerkungen zur Transkription

Das Original ist in Fraktur gesetzt. Schreibweise und Interpunktion des Originaltextes wurden übernommen; lediglich offensichtliche Druckfehler sind stillschweigend korrigiert worden.

Worte in Antiqua sind "kursiv" dargestellt.

Eine Liste der vorgenommenen Änderungen findet sich am Ende des Textes.

Hans Aanrud

Jungen

Vierzehn Geschichten
von kleinen ganzen Kerlen


Mit Bildern

von

Lisbeth Bergh


Erstes bis drittes Tausend


Leipzig

Verlag von Georg Merseburger
1910