Berlin Alexanderplatz (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Alfred Döblin
- First Published: 1929
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Autumn, 1927, to spring, 1929
- Setting: Berlin
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism, Expressionist literature
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Prisons, Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Prostitution or prostitutes, 1920’s, Mental illness, Robbery or robbers, Germany or German people, Berlin
- Locales: Berlin, Germany
Characters Discussed
Franz Biberkopf (BIH-behr- kopf), an unskilled laborer and convicted criminal. Approximately thirty years old and of stocky build, Biberkopf has been a cement worker, furniture mover, tie-pin hawker, newspaper vendor, notions peddler, burglar, fence, pimp, and assistant doorkeeper. After his release from Tegel prison, where he spent four years for the involuntary killing of Ida, his fiancée, Biberkopf is at a loss as to what to do with his life and suffers from a sense of disorientation. He resolves to begin a new life as an honorable man, but he finds...
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