Penguin Classics: The Treasure Chest
Stories Illustrated with Contemporary Woodcuts
- 208 pages
- 8 hours of reading
A wonderful collection of moral tales, anecdotes, jokes, reports of murders, disasters and mysteries, all originally written for inclusion in a popular religious almanac. First issued in collected form in 1811, Hebel's stories cover a broad spectrum of human experience, with characters ranging from Napoleon and the Austrian Emperor Joseph, to common soldiers and working men and women.






