The Rider on the White Horse

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Rider on the White Horse by Theodor Storm. (Translated by Margarete Anna Adelheid Münsterberg.) Read in English by Availle Hauke Haien, a young man of 24 years, has just beome dikemaster in Northern Frisia. Against the resistance of many of the townfolk, hes has a new dike built, not according to the old customs, but to his own specifications. For years, everything goes well, but when the big storm hits the land, a small oversight will cost him dearly. Storm tells the life of Hauke Haien from his beginnings as the clever son of a small landowner to his rise as dikemaster, where Hauke has to weather many storms - both literally and figuratively speaking. The story inside a story inside a story is considered Theodor Storm's masterpiece. (Summary by Availle) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Format (123mb)

Directors & creators

Theodor Storm

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;tragedy; Germany; dike; dikemaster

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