Paul Heyse was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1910 "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories." Wirsen, one of the Nobel judges, said that "Germany has not had a greater literary genius since Goethe." This selection chosen by the critic August Nemocontains the following stories: - The Dead Lake - Doomed - Beatrice - Beginning, and End - L'Arrabiata! - Count Ernest's Home - Blind