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Description edit
"A book of entirely delicious quality...Everything is new, cool, witty, elegant."-Evelyn Waugh. The Kaiser's Germany is the setting of Sybille Bedford's first and best-known novel, in which two families-one from solid, upholstered Jewish Berlin, the other from the somnolent, agrarian... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sarah: Add a description of this character.
- Jules
- Caroline
- Julius
- Melanie
- Johannes
- Jeanne
- Gustavus
- Friedrich
- Grandpapa Merz
- Gottlieb
- Grandmama Merz
- Henrietta
- Cousin Markwald
- Marie
- Gabriel
- Emil
- Conrad
- Mr. Symington
- Clara
- Pedro
- Baden
- Robert
- Father Hauser
- Leon
- Frau Baronin
- Herr Baron
- Landen
- Bernin
- Bismarck
- Kaiser
- Tzara
- Herr Geheimrat
- Frau Geheimrat
- Max
- Faithful George
First Sentence edit
I SPENT the first nine years of my life in Germany, bundled to and fro between two houses.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This book is in Penguin Modern Classics. (publisher edition list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sybille Bedford (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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