Horacker (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Wilhelm Raabe
- First Published: 1876
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: July 25, 1867
- Setting: Two German villages
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Villages, Poverty or poor people, Reformatories, Theft, Germany or German people, Persecution
- Locales: Germany
Characters Discussed
Dr. Werner Eckerbusch (VEHR- nehr EH-kehr-bewsh), the vice principal of the local school. Werner is a cheerful, intelligent, and imaginative man, well past middle age, who has been the principal and a teacher in a small village for most of his life. He has not traveled much, having left the village and surrounding area of his birth only during the years in which he was a university student. Werner has a well-developed sense of humor, a serene character, and a great love for the telling of stories and anecdotes. During the mere ten hours in which the events...
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