Die Ahnen

…literary work was the novel-cycle Die Ahnen, 6 vol. (1873–81), which unfolded the story of a German family from the 4th century ce up to Freytag’s own time. His Bilder aus der deutschen Vergangenheit, 5 vol. (1859–67; partial Eng. trans. Pictures of German Life, 1862–63) were originally contributed to Die…