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Dr. Heideggers Experiment
Nathaniel Hawthorne
In each language: Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · Dr. Heideggers Experiment · El experimento del doctor Heidegger · L’Expérience du docteur Heidegger · L’esperimento del dottor Heidegger
An eccentric old doctor invites four aging friends, each unfortunate in life, to his study for a strange experiment involving water from a legendary fountain. As they grow younger before their own eyes, old rivalries and desires come rushing back.
In English, German, Spanish, French and Italian · about 3,700 words · 20 min to read.
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Comment ça commence
Jener höchst sonderbare Mann, der alte Dr. Heidegger, lud einst vier ehrwürdige Freunde zu sich in sein Arbeitszimmer ein.
That very singular man, old Dr. Heidegger, once invited four venerable friends to meet him in his study.
Es waren drei weißbärtige Herren, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew und Mr. Gascoigne, sowie eine verwelkte Dame, die auf den Namen Witwe Wycherly hörte.
There were three white-bearded gentlemen, Mr. Medbourne, Colonel Killigrew, and Mr. Gascoigne, and a withered gentlewoman, whose name was the Widow Wycherly.
Sie alle waren melancholische alte Geschöpfe, die im Leben vom Unglück verfolgt worden waren und deren größtes Unglück darin bestand, dass sie nicht schon längst im Grabe lagen.
They were all melancholy old creatures, who had been unfortunate in life, and whose greatest misfortune it was that they were not long ago in their graves.
Languages
- Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment · English (original)3,678 words · ~20 min
- Dr. Heideggers Experiment · GermanC1 Advanced · 3,660 words · ~20 min
- El experimento del doctor Heidegger · SpanishC1 Advanced · 3,834 words · ~20 min
- L’Expérience du docteur Heidegger · FrenchC1 Advanced · 3,938 words · ~20 min
- L’esperimento del dottor Heidegger · ItalianC1 Advanced · 3,599 words · ~20 min
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