Bilingual Electronic Books

Click on a sentence while reading to display the literary translation. We use professional, published translations only, no Google Translate. Our bilingual books work well on tablets, smartphones, e-readers and PCs.

Excerpts are available for most of the books. Or simply read a short story by Franz Kafka, for free and without registration.

German/English

Adelbert von Chamisso

Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte

The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl

90 standard pages
$4.90
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Theodor Fontane

Irrungen, Wirrungen

Trials And Tribulations

212 standard pages
$7.90
Free excerpt

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Die Leiden des jungen Werther

The Sorrows of Young Werther

159 standard pages
10 illustrations
$9.90
Free excerpt

Novelle

Novella

32 standard pages
$3.40
Free excerpt

Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre

Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship

827 standard pages
$13.90
Free excerpt

E. T. A. Hoffmann

Der Sandmann

The Sandman

53 standard pages
$3.90
Free excerpt

Franz Kafka

Die Verwandlung

The Metamorphosis

81 standard pages
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Gottfried Keller

Das Fähnlein der sieben Aufrechten

The Banner of the Upright Seven

92 standard pages
$4.90
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Thomas Mann

Der Tod in Venedig

Death in Venice

113 standard pages
$7.90
Free excerpt

Tonio Kröger

92 standard pages
$5.90
Free excerpt

Friedrich Nietzsche

Also sprach Zarathustra

Thus Spake Zarathustra

350 standard pages
$9.90
Free excerpt

Theodor Storm

Der Schimmelreiter

The Rider on the White Horse

156 standard pages
$6.50
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Ludwig Tieck

Der blonde Eckbert

Fair Eckbert

27 standard pages
$2.90
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Heinrich von Kleist

Michael Kohlhaas

148 standard pages
$6.90
Free excerpt