Rock Crystal by Adalbert Stifter

Unburied Books by Dylan Cuellar, Kassia Oset

Dec 19, 202501:02:52Arts

Dylan and Kassia gather around the hearth to discuss Adalbert Stifter's Rock Crystal, a Christmassy novella translated from German by Elizabeth Mayer and Marianne Moore. In this story, two children get lost in a snowstor...

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