The Complete Short Works of Georg Ebers

by Georg Ebers

Overview

The Complete Short Works of Georg Ebers features all five Short Stories by Georg Ebers: "In the Blue Pike", "A Question", "The Elixir", "The Greylock", and "The Nuts". Excerpt: ""May a thunderbolt strike you!" The imprecation suited the rough fellow who uttered it. He had pointed out of doors as he spoke, and scarcely lowered the strange tones of his voice, yet of all the rabble who surrounded him only two persons understood his meaning—a fading, sickly girl, and the red-haired woman, only a few years her senior, who led the swearing man by a chain, like a tame bear."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783962725150
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	08/27/2018
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	463
File size:	827 KB

About the Author

Georg Moritz Ebers (Berlin, March 1, 1837 – Tutzing, Bavaria, August 7, 1898), German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca. 1550 BCE, named for him (see Ebers Papyrus) at Luxor (Thebes) in the winter of 1873–74. Now in the Library of the University of Leipzig, the Ebers Papyrus is among the most important ancient Egyptian medical papyri. It is one of two of the oldest preserved medical documents anywhere—the other being the Edwin Smith Papyrus (ca. 1600 BCE).Ebers early conceived the idea of popularising Egyptian lore by means of historical romances. Many of his books have been translated into English. For his life, see his "The Story of My Life" — "Die Geschichte meines Lebens". (Wikipedia)