Gustav Freytag
German author whose novel Debit and Credit is a key text of German bourgeois realism. His Ancestors cycle spans German history from antiquity to his own day with enormous scope and nationalist conviction.
Works
- Debit and CreditGerman merchant's rise through trade, love, and moral integrity
- The AncestorsGerman family saga spanning generations of wealth and decline
- The JournalistsJournalists and media power in Prussian political environment
- Pictures from the German PastHistorical essays depicting German culture and social development
- Marcus Konig