Chamisso, A: Peter Schlemihls Wundersame Geschichte

Excerpt from Peter Schlemihls Wundersame Geschichte: With Introduction, Notes, and VocabularyLouis charles adelaide DE chamisso, known as Adel bert de Chamisso, was born January e7th, 1781, in the ancient castle of Boncourt in Champagne. The family was originally from Lorraine and noted for its loyalty to the reigning dukes; it made accordingly many splendid alliances. Adelbert was a younger son, and was, in ac cordance with the French custom of the day, called Che valier. His father and brothers served under King Louis XVI. Until his capture, and then remained in the service of the royal party.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.