Read4MaxClassics Browse library
Cover of The Breaking of the Storm

Fiction

The Breaking of the Storm

by Friedrich Spielhagen

With S. E. A. H. Stephenson

Translated by S. E. A. H. Stephenson

Two families in north Germany deal with love across rigid class boundaries in turbulent times.

Read online Download EPUB
First published
2014
Length
244,638 words
Reading time
About 17 hr
Language
English (UK)

About the book

The stranding of their ship on a sandbank introduces Elsa von Werben, daughter of the celebrated General von Werben, to Reinhold Schmidt, merchant captain. Their blossoming friendship gets a further boost when Reinhold discovers that the von Werbens are neighbors to the uncle in Berlin he’s staying with. But his uncle and the General have an unhappy history and their own familial problems to deal with. For the time being life continues in a whirl of society and art, but people are playing dangerous games and the storm clouds are mounting.

The Breaking of the Storm is Friedrich Spielhagen’s most famous work, and weaves fictional characters and relationships into real life events, including the German revolution of 1848, the 1872 Baltic Sea flood, and financial panic of 1873.

the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 244,638 words arranged in 81 navigable sections.

The source metadata identifies Annotator: S. E. A. H. Stephenson; Translator: S. E. A. H. Stephenson.

About the author

Friedrich Spielhagen

Friedrich Spielhagen (1829–1911) is described by Wikidata as German novelist (1829–1911), with citizenship or national association recorded as German Empire.

Recorded occupations include linguist, translator, journalist, writer, poet, and teacher. Languages recorded for Friedrich Spielhagen include German. Open Library identifies Sämmtliche Werke... as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 59 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes The Breaking of the Storm under Friedrich Spielhagen's authorship.

1829–1911

Contributors

Annotator

S. E. A. H. Stephenson

Translator

S. E. A. H. Stephenson

Reading options

  • A complete text with direct section navigation in the browser reader.
  • A downloadable EPUB for phones, tablets, desktop reading apps, and compatible ereaders.
  • Book and contributor metadata are checked against the source edition before indexing.

Themes and ideas

  • Fiction

Table of contents

Open reader
Show all 81 sections
  1. Book I
  2. I
  3. II
  4. III
  5. IV
  6. V
  7. VI
  8. VII
  9. VIII
  10. IX
  11. X
  12. XI
  13. XII
  14. Book II
  15. I
  16. II
  17. III
  18. IV
  19. V
  20. VI
  21. VII
  22. VIII
  23. IX
  24. X
  25. XI
  26. XII
  27. XIII
  28. XIV
  29. XV
  30. Book III
  31. I
  32. II
  33. III
  34. IV
  35. V
  36. VI
  37. VII
  38. VIII
  39. IX
  40. X
  41. XI
  42. XII
  43. XIII
  44. Book IV
  45. I
  46. II
  47. III
  48. IV
  49. V
  50. VI
  51. VII
  52. VIII
  53. IX
  54. X
  55. XI
  56. XII
  57. XIII
  58. Book V
  59. I
  60. II
  61. III
  62. IV
  63. V
  64. VI
  65. Book VI
  66. I
  67. II
  68. III
  69. IV
  70. V
  71. VI
  72. VII
  73. VIII
  74. IX
  75. X
  76. XI
  77. XII
  78. XIII
  79. XIV
  80. XV
  81. Endnotes
View the full library