num_pages: 112
description: A young woman is contacted by her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor's jail by visiting an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money. This novel shows how the demands of her family force Else into the realization that everything has a price and morality has a most brittle veneer.
language: English
title: Fräulein Else
titlecomplete: Fräulein Else
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, German Literature, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 4179
publisher: Pushkin Press