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This book selects one novel and five short stories by the author. The novel "The Travels of Sternbald" tells the wandering story of a young and imaginative painter: Sternbald was a student of Dürer, who wanted to achieve and innovate in art. He bid farewell to his mentor and traveled to Italy and other places to study art. On the way, he met people from different social classes, including nobles, knights, businessmen, scholars, farmers, hermits, pilgrims, clergy and vagrants. They all had different views on art, from which he got a lot of inspiration. Passing through his hometown, his father told him before he died that they were just his adoptive parents, but where were his real parents? He is looking for his childhood sweetheart, but where is she now? Two mysteries accompany the novel throughout, leaving readers with suspense. The novel is composed of many interesting scenes: encounters and acquaintances, conversations and arguments, romantic encounters, singing and painting, descriptions of natural scenery and a very poetic and picturesque mood, which give full play to the romantic atmosphere of the novel. The other five short and medium stories are different from ordinary novels in terms of writing techniques and expression techniques. They are full of unique poetic flavor and have certain practical significance. They are rare masterpieces in German romantic literature.