How a ghastly story was brought to light by a common or gard - Johann Peter Hebel

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• 'The devil gave the woman a nudge: Look at that belt full of money peeping out from under the butcher's shirt!' Written for a local German journal and published in 1811, these fabulous, funny, jewel-like miniature tales describe con men, tricksters, disasters, murders, rascals and lovers, and include Franz Kafka's favourite story.
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• Johann Peter Hebel (1760-1826). Hebel's The Treasure Chest is available in Penguin Classics.