Motley Stones

Motley Stones

Bunte Steine 1853 - Frontispiz 1
Author	Adalbert Stifter
Original title	Bunte Steine
Publisher	Gustav Heckenast
Published	1853
No. of books	6

Bunte Steine 1853 - Frontispiz 2

Motley Stones (German: Bunte Steine) is the name of six novellas by Adalbert Stifter, published in two volumes in 1853 by Gustav Heckenast in Pest. The subtitle is: Ein Festgeschenk (a present).

A first complete English translation of the work by Isabel Fargo Cole was released by The New York Review of Books in April 2021. ^[1]

Editions

Five out of six novellas already existed in preceding editions:

• Granit (Granite) 1848 as Die Pechbrenner (Vergißmeinnicht. Taschenbuch für 1849)
• Kalkstein (Limestone) 1847 as Der arme Wohlthäter (Austria. Österreichischer Universal-Kalender für das Schaltjahr 1848)
• Turmalin 1851 as Der Pförtner im Herrenhause (Libussa. Jahrbuch für 1852)
• Bergkristall (Rock Crystal) 1845 as Der heilige Abend (Die Gegenwart. Politisch literarisches Tageblatt)
• Bergmilch 1843 as Wirkungen eines weißen Mantels (Wiener Zeitschrift für Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Mode)

References

1. Motley Stones Paperback – 4 May 2021. ASIN   1681375206.