Grand Hotel | Grand Hotel

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Author: Hedwig Baum
First Published: 1929
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social chronicle
Time of Work: 1920’s
Setting: Berlin
Principal Characters: Baron Gaigern, Elisaveta Alexandrovna Grusinskaya, Otto Kringelein, Herr Generaldirektor Preysing, Doctor Otternschlag, Miss Flamm (Flaemmchen)
Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
Subjects: Gambling, Murder or homicide, Doctors, 1920’s, Robbery or robbers, Death or dying, Hotels, motels, or inns, Theft, Ballet or ballet dancers, Berlin, Pearls
Locales: Berlin, Germany

The Story:

Through the revolving doors of the Grand Hotel in Berlin came people from various walks of life. The meetings of these people and their effects upon one another thereafter were as varied as the people themselves. Each one had his own life, his own worries, and his own problems, and each pursued his own selfish ends.

Baron Gaigern was living in luxury at the hotel. He never seemed to lack money, and he possessed well-tailored clothes. The baron, however, was a gambler and a thief staying at the hotel for the purpose of stealing Elisaveta Alexandrovna...

Grand Hotel | Grand Hotel

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