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In the Bavarian highlands, love takes root where a person's word carries weight and the forest shapes a way of life.
In The Hunter of Fall, Ludwig Ganghofer brings you to Fall, a village in Bavaria's Isar valley. Forests and peaks shape the lives of mountain people, foresters and hunters. At the heart of this world stands the hunter, a man whose skill, patience and plain speech bind him to the woods and his village.
Romance grows within a small community where everyone knows everyone, and loyalty gives a person's word its weight. Ganghofer explores these ties through colourful village speech and rich descriptions of nature. The pace is slow and earnest, leaving room to feel the pull of love and the hard beauty of the high woods.
What you’ll discover
- Mountains that shape lives Enter a landscape where forests and peaks are never merely a backdrop.
- A hunter's way of life Meet a central figure whose patience and skill connect him to his community.
- Love close to home Follow romance rooted in village life, where people know one another.
- The weight of loyalty Explore a world where a person's word matters deeply to those around them.
- The sound of village talk Enjoy direct, colourful dialogue alongside detailed descriptions of the Alpine woods.
Who will love it
You will love this if you enjoy mountain scenery, village humour, hunting lore and a love story built on steady devotion. Readers of old Alpine tales and folk-rich German fiction will feel at home.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A burning farmhouse marks two children for life
- Fall is a hamlet with old grudges
- Modei's hut holds laughter and old sorrow
- Nine nails on a pair of shoes
- Friedl learns the secret and keeps it
- A proposal, a refusal and a child sent down
- A target shoot, a shot in the forest
- Comic figures keep the mountain lively
- Fear and silence at the hut
- What the story is really about
Who’s who
- FriedlA royal hunting assistant in Fall who has loved Modei since childhood and wants to give her and her son a home.
- ModeiA hardworking dairymaid on the Grottenalm, raising a small son alone and caring for her troubled brother.
- LenzlModei's white-haired brother, whose mind wanders since the fire, and who sees more than people think.
- HuisenblasiA handsome farmer's son and secret poacher, father of Modei's child, who plans to marry someone else.
- Benno HarlanderA city doctor who spends summers hunting in Fall and becomes Friedl's trusted friend.
- HiesA cheerful singer and hunting assistant who is determined to catch the poacher Nine Nails.
- PunklA hard-of-hearing old dairymaid who longs for a husband and a cure for her ailments.
- NiedergstoettnerA large border guard who hates mountains, loves beer and repeats every phrase three times.
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Le Chasseur de Fall
by Ludwig Ganghofer · 1881
A hunter in the Bavarian Alps loves a dairymaid whose child belongs to the poacher he hunts.
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A night watchman sees black patches spreading across a snowy roof, and within minutes a whole farmhouse is burning. So opens The Hunter of Fall, a Bavarian mountain romance by Ludwig Ganghofer.
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A burning farmhouse marks two children for life
The book opens on a freezing December night in Lenggries. Veri, the young night watchman, spots a patch of melting snow on the Meierhofer roof and raises the alarm. The doors are locked, and by the time they are broken open the house is lost.
Lenzl, a young man of twenty-five, appears at the attic window with his little stepsister Modei in his arms. He will not jump until the priest calls up that his parents are safe outside. It is a kind lie, and when Lenzl learns the truth he shouts at the priest and at God. An old woman leads him and Modei into her warm house. Later he runs back outside, and she finds him unconscious in the snow.
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What is The Hunter of Fall about?
It tells of Friedl, a gamekeeper in the Bavarian Alps, who loves the dairymaid Modei. She has a child by the poacher Blasi, whom Friedl is hunting. The story follows their loyalty, mistakes and hopes.
Who is Nine Nails in the novel?
Nine Nails, in German Neunnaegel, is the name hunters give to a poacher whose shoes leave tracks with nine nailheads. Nobody knows his identity at first, and the clue to it appears at Modei's hut.
Where and when is The Hunter of Fall set?
It is set around 1880 in the hamlet of Fall, on the Isar river near Lenggries in Bavaria, and on the high pastures nearby, especially the Grottenalm and the forests of the Dürrach.
The author
Ludwig Ganghofer
1855–1920 · German novelist
Ludwig Ganghofer was a German writer born in Kaufbeuren in 1855. He wrote novels, short stories and plays, often set in the Bavarian Alps. His novel The Hunter of Fall appeared in 1883. He lived in Munich and also spent time in Tyrol. He died in Tegernsee in 1920.
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