title: Berlin Alexanderplatz: The Story of Franz Biberkopf
author:  Alfred Doblin 
description: Novel by Alfred Doblin, published in 1929. It appeared in English under the original title and as Alexanderplatz, Berlin. It tells the story of Franz Biberkopf, a Berlin proletarian who tries to rehabilitate himself after his release from jail but undergoes a series of vicissitudes, many of them violent and squalid, before he can finally attain a normal life. The book is notable for its interior monologue (in colloquial language and Berlin slang) and somewhat cinematic technique. -- <i><a href="/exec/obidos/isbn=0877790426/${0}">The Merriam-Webster Encylopedia of Literature</a></i>
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  # The Merchant of Berlin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  BOOK I.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. THE FESTIVAL.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. THE WORKMAN'S HOLIDAY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. BROTHER AND SISTER.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. FEODOR VON BRENDA.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. MR. KRETSCHMER, OF THE VOSSIAN GAZETTE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI. THE COWARDS' RACE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII. THE INTERRUPTED FESTIVAL.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. THE LEADER OF THE PEOPLE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IX. THE RUSSIAN IS AT THE GATES.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER X. BE PRUDENT.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XI. THE NIGHT OF HORRORS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XII. RUSSIANS AND AUSTRIANS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIII. A MAIDEN'S HEART.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIV. A FAITHFUL FRIEND.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XV. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XVI. THE FUGITIVE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XVII. THE EAVESDROPPER.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XVIII. THE TWO CANNONEERS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER XIX. FATHER GOTZKOWSKY.
  
  
  BOOK II.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. THE TWO EDITORS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. THE CHIEF M