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Jeremias Gotthelf
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Swiss novelist (1797–1854)

Also known as: Albert Bitzius, Bitzius, Иеремия Готхельф, يرمياس جوتهلف, イェレミアス・ゴットヘルフ, 耶雷米阿斯·戈特赫尔夫

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Known works

  • The Black Spider (New York Review Books Classics)
  • Die Schwarze Spinne (1986)
  • The black spider
  • Betta + Veronica (1898)
  • Von der Kunst des Käsens und des Erzählens (2005)