Cideb Lesen und Üben B1

A young man leaves his family and goes travelling in search of himself. After countless meetings, accompanied by the music of the violin that he carries with him, the protagonist falls in love with a woman in a castle. Perpetually…

The story of a young woman in nineteenth-century Germany. Married very young to man who is much older than she, she meets with a sad end. A double drama set in Mecklenburg, a region particularly dear to the author.

A collection of stories with the topics most loved by Kafka: the difficult and painful relationship of an individual with the reality around her or him and the unpredictability of the forces that work against him and to which he…

One evening Faust invites friends to dine at his home. In front of their terrified faces he raises his glass in a toast and says, ‘Friends, tonight the devil will come and take me away.’ Here is the mystery of the…

In town wealthy gentlemen are being stabbed to death. One night a boy delivers a parcel to Miss Scuderi. Inside there is precious jewellery and a note… What does this have to do with her? Why does everything revolve around the…

A unimportant exchange of hats between the protagonist and another man leads to the characters experiencing a series of real and bizarre events. This mixture of dreams, visions, strange characters, spells and sorcery, magical…

Poet, playwright, novelist, scientist and courtier, Johann Wolfgang Goethe is the best known exponent of German literature and also one of the most representative of the European cultural scene. These pages tell of his long,…

This famous story by Ödön von Horváth, set during the rise of National Socialism, has not lost its relevance even today. A teacher who no longer loves his craft. A class that opposes their teacher and considers him an enemy. A…

The young Siegfried must face adventures and dangers before he can marry the young Kriemhild. The German epic in an easy-to-read version, including grammar, vocabulary, and activities focused on the events narrated, the history of…

Parzival’s mother determines that he should lead a quiet life in the woods, away from everything and everyone. But one day he encounters a group of knights coming from Camelot, home to King Arthur’s castle. “That’s what I…

Is the sandman just a product of young Nathanael’s imagination or a wicked creature who wants to destroy his life? Hoffmann, master of the mystery story, builds a plot full of ambiguity and tension.

Terrible winter storms threaten the North Sea coast and the lives of its inhabitants. Hauke Haien, the Rider on the White Horse, decides to engage in a fight against the elements of Nature, but also against the ignorance of his…

The people of a small Swiss village meet at a baptism. Everyone looks serene, but the joy of the moment is destined to turn to fear and despair because something terrible is going to happen. Evil, according to Gotthelf, is always…

Veronika and Max are very different: she is a businesswoman, he is an artist. Yet they meet and fall in love. But when Max asks her to marry him, Veronika leaves him. He, however, does not want to let go and has the feeling that…

Transformed into a horrible insect, Gregor abandons the obligations of working and family life and for this reason he eventually dies. An easy-to-read version of the famous novella by one of the great authors of the twentieth…