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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORG EBERS - THE STORY OF MY LIFE FROM CHILDHOOD TO MANHOOD - Volume 1.
TO MY SONS.
GEORG EBERS.
INTRODUCTION.
THE STORY OF MY LIFE.
BOOK 1. I. -GLANCING BACKWARD. II. -MY EARLIEST CHILDHOOD III. -ON FESTAL DAYS IV. -THE JOURNEY TO HOLLAND TO ATTEND THE GOLDEN WEDDING V. -LENNESTRASSE.—LENNE—EARLY IMPRESSIONS - BOOK 2. VI. -MY INTRODUCTION TO ART, AND ACQUAINTANCES VII. -WHAT A BERLIN CHILD ENJOYED ON THE SPREE AND GRANDMOTHER'S VIII. -THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD IX. -THE EIGHTEENTH OF MARCH - BOOK3. X. -AFTER THE NIGHT OF REVOLUTION XI. -IN KEILHAU XII -FRIEDRICH FROEBEL'S IDEAL OF EDUCATION - BOOK 4. XIII. -THE FOUNDERS OF THE KEILHAU INSTITUTE XIV. -IN THE FOREST AND ON THE MOOR. XV. -SUMMER PLEASURES AND RAMBLES XVI. -AUTUMN, WINTER, EASTER, AND DEPARTURE - BOOK 5. XVII. -THE GYMNASIUM AND THE FIRST PERIOD OF UNIVERSITY LIFE XVIII. -THE TIME OF EFFERVESCENCE AND MY SCHOOLMATES XIX. -A ROMANCE WHICH REALLY HAPPENED XX. -AT THE QUEDLINBURG GYMNASIUM - BOOK 6. XXI. -AT THE UNIVERSITY XXII. -THE SHIPWRECK XXIII. -THE HARDEST TIME IN THE SCHOOL OF LIFE XXIV. -THE APPRENTICESHIP XXV. -THE SUMMERS OF MY CONVALESCENCE XXVI. -CONTINUANCE OF CONVALESCENCE AND THE FIRST NOVEL - THE STORY OF MY LIFE. - BOOK 1. - CHAPTER I. - GLANCING BACKWARD.
CHAPTER II. - MY EARLIEST CHILDHOOD
THE GOVERNESS—THE CEMETERY.
CHAPTER III. - ON FESTAL DAYS
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Born in 1837 Berlin, Georg Ebers spent his youth wrestling with illness and restless ambition. His early years are painted with vivid memories of family, schoolroom challenges, and a yearning for purpose that led him from a turbulent student life to the quieter study of ancient cultures. The narrative follows his first steps into Egyptology, sparked by a fascination with hieroglyphs that would steer his future.
In his twenties, Ebers translates his passion into literature, producing the novel An Egyptian Princess while carving a scholarly path that earns him a professorship at Göttingen. Alongside his scholarly achievements, he marries the daughter of a Riga burgomaster, whose partnership helps bring his works to an international audience. The autobiography captures the blend of scientific rigor and romantic imagination that defines his early career, offering listeners insight into the making of a man who would later uncover the famed Ebers Papyrus and become a celebrated novelist of antiquity.
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Project Gutenberg
Release date
2004-04-01
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Public domain in the USA.
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About the author
Georg Ebers
1837–1898
An Egyptologist with a storyteller’s touch, he turned years of research into vivid historical novels set in the ancient world. He is also remembered for acquiring the Ebers Papyrus, one of the best-known medical texts from ancient Egypt.
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