Motley Stones


Motley Stones is the name of six novellas by Adalbert Stifter, published in two volumes in 1853 by Gustav Heckenast in Pest. The subtitle is: Ein Festgeschenk.
A first complete English translation of the work by Isabel Fargo Cole was released by The New York Review of Books in April 2021.

Editions

Five out of six novellas already existed in preceding editions:Granit (Granite) 1848 as Die Pechbrenner Kalkstein 1847 as Der arme Wohlthäter Turmalin 1851 as Der Pförtner im Herrenhause Bergkristall 1845 as Der heilige Abend Bergmilch 1843 as ''Wirkungen eines weißen Mantels''