"The Romance of the Canoness" by Paul Heyse (translated by Mary J. Safford). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Paul Heyse. The Romance of the Canoness
The Romance of the Canoness
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A LIFE-HISTORY
BY. PAUL HEYSE
AUTHOR OF "IN PARADISE," ETC
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY. J. M. PERCIVAL
NEW YORK. D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. 1887
Copyright, 1887, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NOTE BY THE TRANSLATOR
THE
ROMANCE OF THE CANONESS
HERR WEISSBROD'S STORY
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Footnote
THE END
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Paul Heyse
A Life-History
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I have spent a whole year in writing, as I only found leisure for it during a few evening hours, and often for weeks together could not find courage to summon up the spirits of the departed. Will you have patience to read to the end? Far more important persons and destinies have passed before your notice, and you will more than once have occasion to smile at the value attached to apparently trivial incidents by a person whose horizon is so limited as that of my insignificant self. Besides, I am a clumsy writer, and do not understand the literary art of polishing even a pebble till in the sunlight it looks like a costly gem.
Yet, even if you merely cast a pitying glance at these memoranda, I think I can venture to promise that the principal character in this true story will fix your interest and win from you the acknowledgment that it was worth while to follow her unusual life-path with the care of a truth-loving chronicler.
