Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch

The first medieval literature seminar of the term was cancelled today. Which was a relief, seeing as I haven’t read the book.

The book in question is Simplicius Simplicissimus. Apparently, it’s the story of a fool who goes around the world during the Thirty Years’ War and makes it clear that real fools are the wise, the rich and the noble. So it sounds like just my sort of story.

Here is a picture of the good fellow himself:

 

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Not quite sure of the look he’s going for, but never mind.

I’ve read about 20% of it so far, in translation. I could quite easily read the original, I suppose, because although it’s from 1668 and the German is a bit archaic, it’s nowhere near as unintelligible as the Middle High German in Parzival or Iwein. But I am lazy, tired, and didn’t even want to do a literature module this term in the first place, so I’m not going to feel guilty about it. Translations got me this far, so they can’t be all bad.