"A tangle of judgments, volume 1 (2). A novel in six books" by Gustav Freytag is a classic work of German literature that reveals to the reader the life of the stormy XIX century. With encyclopedic precision, the author tells about the conflict between two Siberian specialists: the talented young merchant Paul Christian Weygandt and the confused jeweller-dealer Melchior Kramer. The book deeply analyzes social relations, the psychology of characters and the social order of that time, revealing the very essence of humanistic values. Avoiding stereotypes and circumstances, Gustav Freytag embodies in the novel a high literary skill that makes it a masterpiece of world literature."