The Jew’s Beech

Considered as a highly successful example of the German Novella, The Jew’s Beech is a prototype of the murder mystery and a thoughtful examination of village society.

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797-1848) is considered one of the most important German poets of the nineteenth century. Her classic novella The Jew’s Beech is her only completed work of prose fiction.