Lienhard and Gertrud
Illustration by Hans Bendel to Pestalozzi's novel “Lienhard and Gertrud”.
First chapter: a good-hearted man who nevertheless makes woman and child extremely unhappy.
First chapter: a good-hearted man who nevertheless makes woman and child extremely unhappy.
Lienhard and Gertrud is a four-volume novel by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi . It was published 1781–1787 and made Pestalozzi world famous. Lienhardstraße on the location of the former Pestalozzistift in Hamburg-Barmbek-Nord is named after the figure Lienhard .
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At the center of the utopian novel “Lienhard and Gertrud” is the village of Bonnal, in which poverty and moral corruption compete with one another. The cause of the evil seems to be Hummel, the corrupt village governor and owner of the inn. The society that Pestalozzi outlines here and that creates the necessary comprehensive conditions for people to grow into an orderly and good environment is still based entirely on the "fatherly mind" of an aristocratic ruler.
Web links
- Full text of “Lienhard and Gertrud. A book for the people. ” - Version from 1781. In: Critical Complete Edition of Pestalozzi's Works , Volume 2, pp. 1–221
- Full text of the Reclam edition at Projekt Gutenberg
- Pen drawings by Hans Bendel for Pestalozzi's book "Lienhard and Gertrud"
literature
- H. Gudjons: Society and Education , Pestalozzis novel "Lienhard and Gertrud", Weinheim 1971.