Pictures of German Life in the XVth, XVIth, and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I.

Gustav Freytag

1816–1895

Best known for the novel Debit and Credit and for the dramatic model often called Freytag’s pyramid, he was one of the most widely read German writers of the mid-19th century. His fiction and criticism helped shape how many readers thought about the rising middle class, realism, and the craft of storytelling.