Excerpt from Life of Jean Paul F. Richter, Compiled From Various Sources, Vol. 1: Together With His Autobiography, Translated From the GermanThe following pages are presented to the reader, as containing an authentic life of Jean Paul, although they are not a literal translation of any one of the biographies of the great German Poet.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.