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Hans Fallada was one of the most influential German writers of the twentieth-century. His 1947 novel, Every Man Dies Alone, is a revered classic of post-war literature. The story follows two ordinary working class people, Otto and Anna Quangel, in their desperate attempt to resist Nazi rule during the Second World War. Despite its semi-autobiographical nature, Fallada’s work has been praised for its gritty realism and unvarnished portrayal of life under fascism. HypLern recently published an interlinear version of this book from German to English. This edition allows readers to easily follow the flow of Fallada’s original text while simultaneously...

Theodor Storm is a 19th century German author known for his short stories and novels. One of his most beloved works is "Immensee", a novella set in the windswept landscapes of Schleswig-Holstein. The story follows an old man, Reinhard Werner, who dedicated his life to gathering old stories and songs, and is interspersed with flashbacks on his life and the love of his life. He left the girl he grew up with, Elisabeth, to study in the city and work on his collection of stories and told her to wait for him. But his life as a student and his...

Find here on our site! You can find free audio for almost all of our books on the internet, on sites like litteratureaudio.com and Librivox. They have works from classic authors like Kafka or Theodor Storm. For your ease we compiled the free audio and offer them for free on our site as well. Check out all the mp3s now under the German collection, click the link above. We will add more soon. If you support us with a membership we can create more custom audio for all of our books. With your support we can create more interlinear language...