The Simpletons
by Erich Kästner
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The Schildb|rger do everything wrong. They even try to put light in bags after forgetting the windows when building their town hall. But are they really as stupid as they act? In the past, the wisdom of the citizens of Schilda was proverbial and their advice was sought after all over the country. Only in Schilda did everything go haywire. In order to finally be able to mind their own business again, the smart ones decided to play stupid out of wisdom.Tags
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Simpletons
- Original title
- Erich Kästner erzählt Die Schildbürger
- Alternate titles*
- Die Schildbürger
- Original publication date
- 1954
- Important places*
- Schilda, Deutschland
- First words*
- Im Mittelalter, damals, als man das Schiesspulver noch nicht erfunden hatte, lag mitten in Deutschland eine Stadt, die Schilda hiess, und ihre Einwohner nannte man deshalb die Schildbürger.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Ganz recht, bei euch!
- Original language*
- Deutsch
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Classifications
- Genres
- Children's Books, Kids
- DDC/MDS
- 438.642 — Language German & related languages Standard German usage (Prescriptive linguistics) Readers Readers for people whose native language is different from the language of the reader English and Old English
- LCC
- PT2621 .A23 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures German literature Individual authors or works 1860/70-1960
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- 5 — Danish, English, French, German, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
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