# Die Majoratsherren

By Ludwig Achim Arnim, Freiherr von.

"Die Majoratsherren" by Freiherr von Ludwig Achim Arnim is a novella written around 1818. Set before the French Revolution in a German city, it follows a young heir who returns home after his mother's death but refuses to live in his inherited palace. Instead, he takes a modest room where he secretly observes a young woman named Esther. As hidden family secrets emerge involving murder, betrayal, and greed, the lives of three heirs to the estate become fatally intertwined across multiple narrative layers. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: German
- Illustrator: Alfred Kubin
- Subjects: German fiction -- 19th century

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