# Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing

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- Authors: [Joseph von Eichendorff](https://www.bookquiver.com/joseph-von-eichendorff)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2025-07-24
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general

## Description

Eichendorff’s prose masterpiece – a picaresque account of the wanderings of a young man who leaves home after a row with his father, and who eventually finds love with the girl of his dreams – is one of the best-known classics of German literature. Deeply imbued with the style and sentiment of German Romanticism, and philosophical and poetic in its approach to nature and existence, Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing is at once an exhilarating romp and a lively portrayal of nineteenth-century ideals.

## Editions

### Memoirs of a Good-for-Nothing

- Publisher: Alma Classics
- ISBN: 978-18-4749-517-4
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2025-07-24
- Language: en_US