Amerika.

xviii, 299 p., Ill. Der Einband ist leicht berieben, der Buchrücken ist nachgedunkelt, die Seiten sind papierbedingt nachgedunkelt, ansonsten ein gutes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. / The cover is slightly rubbed, the spine has darkened, the pages have darkened due to the paper, otherwise a good copy with no markings. -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- I. THE STOKER -- II. UNCLE JACOB -- III. A COUNTRY HOUSE NEAR NEW YORK -- IV. THE ROAD TO RAMESES -- V. THE HOTEL OCCIDENTAL -- VI. THE CASE OF ROBINSON -- VII. A REFUGE -- VIII. THE NATURE THEATRE OF OKLAHOMA -- AFTERWORD -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- Karl Rossmann FRONTISPIECE -- "Karl Rossmann stood on the liner slowly entering the harbor of New York" facing page -- "Hemmed in by a vanishing past, she sat in her kitchen beside the kitchen dresser, resting her elbows on the top of it" -- "Newcomers stood all day on their balconies gaping down at the street" -- "As for the American girl, Karl did not like her either, al-though she was nearly as beautiful as he had pictured ber" -- "At a side table two gentlemen were sitting, drinking, out of tall glasses" -- "What would you say if I punished you for your rudeness to a lady?" -- "He saw Mack half sitting, half reclining in a huge, double bed with the blankets loosely flung over his legs" -- "Both were staring at him, with no less interest than he had shown them during the night" -- "Taking Karl by the hand, she went up to the counter" -- "Karl left the tailor's room already clad in closely fitting trousers and a jacket" -- "He turned and saw in a small, low doorway a couple of lift boys whom he knew well, straining and tugging at a stretcher" -- "He was obviously wearing a dressing gown and observing the street through a pair of opera glasses" -- "Ah, Delamarche, you don't understand me, you don't understand me at all" -- "He had brought his wife with him and a child in a perambulator" -- "Karl' cried an angel".