Peter Schlemihl by Adelbert von Chamisso

Peter Schlemihl

Adelbert von Chamisso

56 pages first pub 1813 (editions) user-added

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Unsuccessful in his ambitions, the young and naive Peter Schlemihl seals a pact with the Devil in which he exchanges his shadow for the purse of Fortunatus, thereby gaining everlasting riches. But when he is ridiculed, persecuted, and hated for be...

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