On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberamergau

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Author

Hillern, Wilhelmine von, 1836-1916

Title

On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau

Credits

Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive

Language

English

LoC Class

PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

Subject

Oberammergau (Germany) -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

36725

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36725

Release Date

July 15, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ON THE CROSS — A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau — Wilhelmine von Hillern — Mary J. Safford
2. 2.DREXEL BIDDLE, PUBLISHER — PHILADELPHIA — ANTHONY J. DREXEL BIDDLE. — TO — HERR JOHANNES DIEMER, — THE RENOWNED DELIVERER OF THE PROLOGUE IN THE PASSION PLAYS OF THE LAST DECADE, A TRUE SON OF AMMERGAU, IN WHOSE UNASSUMING PERSON DWELLS THE CALM, DEEP SOUL OF THE ARTIST, THE LOYAL SYMPATHIZING FRIEND, IN WHOSE PEACEFUL HOME I FOUND THE QUIET AND THE MOOD I NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS WORK, IT IS NOW DEDICATED, WITH GRATEFUL ESTEEM, BY
3. 3.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII. — CHAPTER XIII. — CHAPTER XIV. — CHAPTER XV. — CHAPTER XVI. — CHAPTER XVII. — CHAPTER XVIII. — CHAPTER XIX. — CHAPTER XX. — CHAPTER XXI. — CHAPTER XXII. — CHAPTER XXIII. — CHAPTER XXIV. — CHAPTER XXV. — CHAPTER XXVI. — CHAPTER XXVII. — CHAPTER XXVIII. — CHAPTER XXIX. — CHAPTER XXX. — CHAPTER XXXI. — CHAPTER XXXII. — CHAPTER XXXIII. — CHAPTER XXXIV. — CHAPTER XXXV. — CHAPTER XXXVI. — CHAPTER XXXVII. — CHAPTER XXXVIII. — CHAPTER XXXIX. — CHAPTER XL. — CONCLUSION.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. — A PHANTOM
6. 6.CHAPTER II. — OLD AMMERGAU
7. 7.CHAPTER III. — YOUNG AMMERGAU
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — EXPELLED FROM THE PLAY
9. 9.CHAPTER V. — MODERN PILGRIMS
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — THE EVENING BEFORE THE PLAY
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — THE PASSION PLAY
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — FREYER
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — SIGNS AND WONDERS
14. 14.CHAPTER X. — IN THE EARLY MORNING
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — MARY AND MAGDALENE
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. — BRIDAL TORCHES
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. — BANISHED FROM EDEN
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. — PIETA
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. — THE CROWING OF THE COCK
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. — PRISONED
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. — FLYING FROM THE CROSS
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE MARRIAGE
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. — AT THE CHILD'S BEDSIDE
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. — CONFLICTS
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. — UNACCOUNTABLE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. — FALLING STARS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. — NOLI ME TANGERE
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. — ATTEMPTS TO RESCUE
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. — DAY IS DAWNING
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE LAST SUPPORT
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. — BETWEEN POVERTY AND DISGRACE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. — PARTING
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. — IN THE DESERTED HOUSE
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. — THE "WIESHERRLE."
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. — THE RETURN HOME
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. — TO THE VILLAGE
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII. — RECEIVED AGAIN
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV. — AT DAISENBERGER's GRAVE
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV. — THE WATCHWORD
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI. — MEMORIES
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII. — THE MEASURE IS FULL
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — ON THE WAY TO THE CROSS
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX. — STATIONS OF SORROW
44. 44.CHAPTER XL. — NEAR THE GOAL
45. 45.CONCLUSION. — FROM ILLUSION TO TRUTH. — FOOTNOTES: — THE END.

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