From My Farming Days (Low German: Ut mine Stromtid) is a novel by Fritz Reuter, originally published in three volumes between 1862 and 1864.[1] Written in Low German, it portrays life in rural Mecklenburg in the 1840s in the context of the Revolutions of 1848. The novel was autobiographically-inspired as Reuter had himself worked as an apprentice farmer during the era. In 1878 it was translated into English by M.W. MacDowell.
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| Author | Fritz Reuter |
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| Language | low German |
| Genre | Drama |
Publication date | 1862-1964 |
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Although not the main character, the genial land inspector "Onkel" Zacharias Bräsig became the most well-known and his role was often emphasised in adaptations of the story.
Adaptations
editThe story was one of Reuter's most successful works and has been adapted into other media a number of times including:
- During My Apprenticeship, a 1919 German silent film
- Life in the Country, a 1924 Swedish silent film
- Struggle for the Soil, a 1925 German silent film
- Uncle Bräsig, a 1936 German film
- Life in the Country, a 1943 Swedish film
- A Farmer's Life, a 1965 Danish film
- Uncle Bräsig, a West German television series between 1978 and 1980
References
edit- ^ Goble p.387
Bibliography
edit- Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
- Mews, Siegfried & Hardin, James N. Nineteenth-century German Writers, 1841-1900. Gale Research, 1993.
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