The only paperback edition with all the stories. This is the only edition featuring all thirty-three stories by Adalbert Stifter according to the first prints and in the chronological order of their publication from 1840 to 1869. This allows for a traceable development of the author from an early Jean Paul follower to the ascetic wordsmith of his later years. Without diminishing the significance of the revisions made by the poet himself for the book editions of his famous collections 'Studien' and 'Bunte Steine', a narrative continuum is presented here that clearly reflects Stifter's life and work in his time. "Stifter is one of the most remarkable, secretly bold, and wonderfully captivating storytellers in world literature." Thomas Mann.