The Shadowless Man Or The Wonderful History Of Peter Schlemihl

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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The famous novella by Adelbert von Chamisso (original in German "Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte") : Peter sells his shadow to the Devil ...

Peter Schlemihl sells his shadow to the devil, only to find himself shunned. Rejected by the woman he loves, he spends the rest of his life wandering the world.