Walpurgisnacht

Gustav Meyrink


3.75 · 8 ratings · Published: 1917

Walpurgisnacht by Gustav Meyrink
Walpurgisnacht uses Prague as the setting for a clash between German officialdom immured in the ancient castle above the Moldau, and a Czech revolution seething in the city below. History, myth and political reality merge in an apocalyptic climax as the rebels, urged on by a drum covered in human skin, storm the castle to crown a poor violinist "Emperor of the World" in St. Vitus' Cathedral

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