
audiobook
by A. K. Ruh
Guirlanden um Die Urnen der Zukunft.
Erster Abschnitt. - Erstes Kapitel. Blicke in die Zukunft.
Zweites Kapitel. Graf von Wallingau.
Drittes Kapitel. Der Spaziergang in das Kastanien Wäldchen.
Viertes Kapitel. Auf Sonnenschein folgt Regen.
Fünftes Kapitel. Der Gasthof.
Sechstes Kapitel. Die Abreise.
Siebentes Kapitel. Der Besuch.
Achtes Kapitel. Komm bald wieder zur Rosenfischerei!
Neuntes Kapitel. Die müden Wanderer.
A lyrical guide invites you to step through an imagined clock of ages, where the twenty‑third century unfolds as a garden of new families sprouting from the soil of past deeds. The narrator paints a world where light pierces the fog of prejudice and humanity’s mixed virtues and vices shape a fragile, ever‑shifting landscape. Listeners are whisked into a dream‑like sea of time, feeling both the weight of history and the fresh breath of possibilities that lie ahead.
The story opens with the rise of the enigmatic Graf von Wallingau, a man whose lineage begins in modest farmhands yet reaches for scholarly and civic greatness. His father’s diligent toil bequeaths both wealth and a restless curiosity that drives the young heir toward science, philosophy, and public service. Early chapters trace his education, his bond with the natural world, and the moral choices that will define the family’s legacy, setting the stage for a saga that intertwines personal ambition with the broader pulse of a future nation.
Full title
Guirlanden um Die Urnen der Zukunft Eine interessante, originelle Familiengeschichte aus dem drei und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderte Eine interessante, originelle Familiengeschichte aus dem drei und zwanzigsten Jahrhunderte
Language
de
Duration
~5 hours (301K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Jens Sadowski (based on page scans made available by John J. Pierce and by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - PK, digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de)
Release date
2014-05-14
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
An early, little-known German writer remembered for a single striking work that imagines life in the twenty-third century. That book has earned attention as one of the curious precursors to science fiction in German.
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