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Dot And Anton
Dot and Anton (German language, German:''Pünktchen und Anton'') is a children's book by Erich Kästner that was published in 1931. Plot The novel is about the girl Luise Pogge, called Dot, who lives in Berlin with her wealthy parents, and about the boy Anton Gast, whose standard of living is far below that of Dot. Anton lives alone with his sick mother in a very small apartment. He has to earn money and help his mother do chores all while also going to school in order to make ends meet. Dot lives in a large apartment with her little brown Dachshund Piefke, the cook Berta (known as Fat Berta), the governess Miss Andacht and her parents: Fritz Pogge the Walking stick, walking-stick factory director and his wife, who both barely spend any time with her. Even though her parents are quite well off, Dot has to go begging with Miss Andacht without her parents' knowledge because Miss Andacht's dubious fiancé (Dot calls him Robert the Devil) extorts money from her. While begging, sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is also an official language of Luxembourg, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium and the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia. There are also notable German-speaking communities in other parts of Europe, including: Poland (Upper Silesia), the Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Denmark (South Jutland County, North Schleswig), Slovakia (Krahule), Germans of Romania, Romania, Hungary (Sopron), and France (European Collectivity of Alsace, Alsace). Overseas, sizeable communities of German-speakers are found in the Americas. German is one of the global language system, major languages of the world, with nearly 80 million native speakers and over 130 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
