author
Joseph Victor von Scheffel
1826–1886
Best known for the hugely popular historical novel Ekkehard and the comic verse epic The Trumpeter of Säckingen, this 19th-century German writer mixed scholarship, humor, and romance in a way that won a wide audience. His books were once among the most widely read in Germany, and they still offer a vivid glimpse of literary taste in his era.
6 Audiobooks
Im schwarzen Walfisch zu Askalon: Rastlieder
by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
Ekkehard: Kertoelma kymmenenneltä vuosisadalta
by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
Gaudeamus! Humorous Poems
by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
The Trumpeter of Säkkingen: A Song from the Upper Rhine.
by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
Ekkehard: A Tale of the Tenth Century. Vol. 2 (of 2)
by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
Ekkehard: A Tale of the Tenth Century. Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Joseph Victor von Scheffel
About the author
Born in Karlsruhe on February 16, 1826, Joseph Victor von Scheffel studied law at Munich, Heidelberg, and Berlin before working for a time in the Baden civil service. He eventually turned away from official life and devoted himself to writing, drawing on travel, history, and student culture for inspiration.
Scheffel became famous in the 1850s with Der Trompeter von Säckingen and the historical novel Ekkehard. His work often blended storytelling, poetry, humor, and a strong sense of the German past, which made him especially popular with 19th-century readers.
He was later ennobled, becoming Joseph Victor von Scheffel, and died in Karlsruhe on April 9, 1886. Though his reputation is more tied to literary history today than to everyday reading, he remains an important figure in German popular literature of the century.