Satirical poem · 1844

Germany: A Winter Tale

Deutschland. Ein Wintermärchen

by Heinrich Heine

Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1908)

Heine's satirical verse journey home from exile in Paris to Hamburg in twenty-seven cantos, mocking Prussian authority and German nationalism.

Contents · 27 parts

• Caput I76 lines
• Caput II44 lines
• Caput III76 lines
• Caput IVabout 110 lines
• Caput V84 lines
• Caput VI72 lines
• Caput VIIabout 120 lines
• Caput VIII68 lines
• Caput IX36 lines
• Caput X36 lines
• Caput XI60 lines
• Caput XII56 lines
• Caput XIII40 lines
• Caput XIVabout 120 lines
• Caput XV80 lines
• Caput XVI96 lines
• Caput XVII48 lines
• Caput XVIII68 lines
• Caput XIX48 lines
• Caput XX56 lines
• Caput XXI72 lines
• Caput XXII68 lines
• Caput XXIIIabout 120 lines
• Caput XXIV92 lines
• Caput XXV96 lines
• Caput XXVIabout 100 lines
• Caput XXVII80 lines

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