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Illustration by Rudolf Geißler for the magazine Münchener Bilderbogen, 1895: The craftsman boy meets the funeral procession of Mr Kannitverstan

Kannitverstan is a short story by the German author Johann Peter Hebel, which first appeared as a calendar story in 1808 in Rheinländischer Hausfreund (Rhenish family friend).[1] It tells of a craftsman who, as a result of a misunderstanding, comes to realise the transience of earthly things and thus regains his contentment.

  1. ^ Hebel, Johann Peter (1981). Schatzkästlein des rheinischen Hausfreundes. Kritische Gesamtausgabe mit den Kalender-Holzschnitten. Stuttgart. ISBN 3-15-000142-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Kannitverstan is a short story by the German author Johann Peter Hebel, which first appeared as a calendar story in 1808 in Rheinländischer Hausfreund...

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