The ambitious engineer Wolfgang Elmhorst leads the construction of the first railway high in the Alps. The young man is ambitious and intends to marry a rich...

Readers already familiar with the works of E. Werner (“The Fairy of the Alps,” “The Dispelled Spell,” “The Egoist,” etc.), and those who do not yet know her ...

A completely unoriginal situation—an unequal marriage—opens E. Werner’s novel “In Good Hour.” A proud aristocrat, a representative of an ancient noble family...

After an unexpected meeting in the forest, Georg realizes that he will never be able to forget Gabrielle. Her charm will captivate his heart forever. What a ...

At first sight, Egberg fell in love with Cecilia. But he was unable to admit his feelings for the girl, because she was the fiancée of his best friend. Fleei...

A quarrel between father and son ends in real tragedy. Hartmut is unable to forgive his father after learning that his mother, whom he considered dead for ma...

In the works included in this edition, the writer with love and warmth reveals the depth of the sublime human feelings of her heroes, depicts their complex c...

In the romantic story by the German writer E. Werner, the main conflict is the struggle between patriotism and hot, passionate love. The strength of the char...

In the works included in this edition, the writer with love and warmth reveals the depth of the sublime human feelings of her heroes, depicts their complex c...

In the works included in this edition, the writer with love and warmth reveals the depth of the sublime human feelings of her heroes, depicts their complex c...

Alice, her father's favorite and his only heir, knows no refusal of anything. From a young age, she was accustomed to getting everything she wanted. Having r...

Love came to them in early spring. As passionate and bold as the first flight of swallows. From the first glance at the girl, Edmund realized that he would n...