I’m very impressed by your thoroughness! A word of warning re: Sons. The reason why I never summed this up for you is that it is basically what looks like an essay/lecture in book form and contains nothing new that‘s not in the other books already. Well, at least it‘s very short.
Also: are you sure you want to do the three Zieburas in a row? Because AW‘s ending combined with the wives‘ fates in short order could feel depressing to you. I would suggest one of the others in between.
Or: outlying suggestion - use the link to the website with Wilhelmine‘s France and Italy letters I put permanently at our Rheinsberg. (And everyone‘s replies to hers.) The letters are in French and German, so you can choose your language to practive on, they‘re short texts and from a time when she was happy and so were Fritz and the sibs - leaving aside Fritzian sour grapes outbursts which he acknowledges as such - , and they‘re plenty interesting to boot in terms of providing glimpses at France and Italy during that time. (Not to mention that letters like Wilhelmine’s about her non-audience with the Pope showcase her and Fritz kidding each other in what must have been one of the charms of their interaction when they weren’t needing comfort or help with the drama of their lives.) I‘m not saying you should read everyone, but if I were you, I‘d read some between the AW and the Wives, for example, to lift your spirits, and as a reminder these people have modes of interaction other than being punched and punching down. If you like, I could select a few so you can look them up.
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Re: Learning Frederick
Date: 2020-08-20 01:41 am (UTC)Also: are you sure you want to do the three Zieburas in a row? Because AW‘s ending combined with the wives‘ fates in short order could feel depressing to you. I would suggest one of the others in between.
Or: outlying suggestion - use the link to the website with Wilhelmine‘s France and Italy letters I put permanently at our Rheinsberg. (And everyone‘s replies to hers.) The letters are in French and German, so you can choose your language to practive on, they‘re short texts and from a time when she was happy and so were Fritz and the sibs - leaving aside Fritzian sour grapes outbursts which he acknowledges as such - , and they‘re plenty interesting to boot in terms of providing glimpses at France and Italy during that time. (Not to mention that letters like Wilhelmine’s about her non-audience with the Pope showcase her and Fritz kidding each other in what must have been one of the charms of their interaction when they weren’t needing comfort or help with the drama of their lives.) I‘m not saying you should read everyone, but if I were you, I‘d read some between the AW and the Wives, for example, to lift your spirits, and as a reminder these people have modes of interaction other than being punched and punching down. If you like, I could select a few so you can look them up.