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The Black Spider is a novella by the Swiss writer Jeremias Gotthelf written in 1842. Set in an idyllic frame story, old legends are worked into a Christian-humanist allegory about ideas of good and evil. Though the novel is initially divided, what is originally the internal story later spills over into the frame story as well.
- Jeremias Gotthelf
- 1842
Nov 24, 2022 · Based on a 18th century novel by Jeremias Gotthelf, the film depicts the story of a midwife who makes a deal with the devil to stop the Teutonic Knights from terrorizing her village. The film features a spider plague, superstition, violence and a female protagonist.
- (285)
- Drama, Thriller
- Markus Fischer
- 2022-11-24
Nov 2, 2015 · The Black Spider is a short novel about a plague of spiders that ravages a Swiss village after a pact with the devil. It is a chilling tale of evil, horror and cosmic horror, influenced by German Romanticism and Swiss folklore.
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- Paperback
Mar 28, 2023 · The black spider. by. Gotthelf, Jeremias, 1797-1854. Publication date. 1980. Topics. Fiction in German 1830-1856 Translations. Publisher. London : J. Calder [etc.] : [Distributed by Calder and Boyars]
Featuring a cruelly overbearing lord of the manor and the oppressed villagers who must render him service, an irreverent young woman who will stop at nothing, a mysterious stranger with a red beard and a green hat, and, last but not least, the black spider, the tale is as riveting and appalling today as when Jeremias Gotthelf set it down more ...
- Jeremias Gotthelf
- Paperback
Watch the official trailer of The Black Spider, a drama thriller set in medieval Germany. A midwife makes a deal with the devil to stop the German Knights, but faces a spider plague and a deadly enemy.
- 2 min
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Oct 30, 2018 · A woman who makes a deal with a green man to save her village from a feudal lord is cursed with a spider growing on her face. Read an excerpt from the 1842 novel, translated by Susan Bernofsky, and learn about its historical and literary context.
