[Next production] The Breaking of the Storm by Friedrich Spielhagen

[Robin Whittleton]

Going to pick up Spielhagen’s The Breaking of the Storm which has been on my list for a while, 250k words of north German business and societal intrigue in the 1870s. Sources and transcriptions:

• https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34657
• https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34658
• https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34659
• https://www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr00spiegoog
• https://www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr01spiegoog
• https://www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr02spiegoog

The trigger in the fiction is the real 1872 Baltic Sea flood, so I’ll claim Early Morning After a Storm at Sea for the cover art, will assign when there’s a DB entry.

Repo is at https://github.com/robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-breaking-of-the-storm_s-e-a-h-stephenson.

-Robin

[Alex Cabal]

OK, David will manage with Weijia reviewing. North German business,
exciting!

On 12/31/25 3:11 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
> Going to pick up Spielhagen’s /The Breaking of the Storm/ which has been

> on my list for a while, 250k words of north German business and societal
> intrigue in the 1870s. Sources and transcriptions:
>

> * https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34657 <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> ebooks/34657>
> * https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34658 <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> ebooks/34658>
> * https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34659 <https://www.gutenberg.org/
> ebooks/34659>
> * https://www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr00spiegoog <https://
> www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr00spiegoog>
> * https://www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr01spiegoog <https://
> www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr01spiegoog>
> * https://www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr02spiegoog <https://
> www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr02spiegoog>
>
>
> The trigger in the fiction is the real 1872 Baltic Sea flood <https://
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Baltic_Sea_flood>, so I’ll claim /Early
> Morning After a Storm at Sea/ <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/
> winslow-homer/early-morning-after-a-storm-at-sea> for the cover art,

> will assign when there’s a DB entry.
>
> Repo is at https://github.com/robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-

> breaking-of-the-storm_s-e-a-h-stephenson <https://github.com/
> robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-breaking-of-the-storm_s-e-a-h-
> stephenson>.
>
> -Robin
>
> thumbnail_65ef80ee15b86a04b24d82d31801bd93c82ec917_EBOK_portrait.jpeg
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[David]

I went ahead and assigned the artwork, Robin - it was the (very!) least I could do!

[Robin Whittleton]

OK Weijia, this is ready for review: https://github.com/robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-breaking-of-the-storm_s-e-a-h-stephenson/

• 6 books, originally split unevenly over 3 volumes but I’ve removed the volume split.
• Gutenberg sources in mostly good shape, with 15-20 reported issues per volume. The weirdest problem was that volume 2 had removed all paragraph breaks apart from when the new paragraph started with a quote mark. No idea, but I fixed it in https://github.com/robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-breaking-of-the-storm_s-e-a-h-stephenson/commit/96cd5b0fa5ad80ea0b2aa43f4672c049fc7dbca0.
• The usual semantics: a handful of songs, letters, telegrams, ships, sculptures, some Italian and French, etc.
• There are a few Editorial commits for additional spelling changes. Please let me know if you disagree with any of them.
• I couldn’t find any info on the translator “S. E. A. H. Stephenson” so I’ve just left them as that.

I enjoyed reading this about as much as I thought I would: North German class divide stuff is somewhat frustrating, but everything ramps up in book six as we reach the denouement and the literal storm hits. Not the best, but a worth addition to SE.

-Robin

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[Weijia Cheng]

Ok, I will try to get to it today!

[Weijia Cheng]

Looks very good. I found a few minor issues.

[Robin Whittleton]

Thanks, fixed everything you mentioned apart from build-images where I’m not seeing any changes.

-Robin

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[Weijia Cheng]

Ok Alex, this is ready for you.

[Alex Cabal]

OK, great work Robin, thanks! I've released it.

On 1/19/26 11:42 AM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> Ok Alex, this is ready for you.
>
> On Monday, January 19, 2026 at 11:42:59 AM UTC-5 robin wrote:
>
> Thanks, fixed everything you mentioned apart from build-images where
> I’m not seeing any changes.
>
> -Robin
>
>> On 19 Jan 2026, at 17:19, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks
>> <standar...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> Looks very good. I found a few minor issues.
>>
>> On Monday, January 19, 2026 at 5:12:50 AM UTC-5 Weijia Cheng wrote:
>>
>> Ok, I will try to get to it today!
>>
>> On Monday, January 19, 2026 at 3:10:08 AM UTC-5 robin wrote:
>>
>> OK Weijia, this is ready for review: https://github.com/
>> robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-breaking-of-the-

>> storm_s-e-a-h-stephenson/ <https://github.com/
>> robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-breaking-of-the-
>> storm_s-e-a-h-stephenson/>
>>
>> * 6 books, originally split unevenly over 3 volumes but

>> I’ve removed the volume split.

>> * Gutenberg sources in mostly good shape, with 15-20

>> reported issues per volume. The weirdest problem was
>> that volume 2 had removed all paragraph breaks apart
>> from when the new paragraph started with a quote mark.
>> No idea, but I fixed it in https://github.com/
>> robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-breaking-of-
>> the-storm_s-e-a-h-stephenson/
>> commit/96cd5b0fa5ad80ea0b2aa43f4672c049fc7dbca0

>> <https://github.com/robinwhittleton/friedrich-
>> spielhagen_the-breaking-of-the-storm_s-e-a-h-
>> stephenson/
>> commit/96cd5b0fa5ad80ea0b2aa43f4672c049fc7dbca0>.
>> * The usual semantics: a handful of songs, letters,

>> telegrams, ships, sculptures, some Italian and French,
>> etc.

>> * There are a few Editorial commits for additional

>> spelling changes. Please let me know if you disagree
>> with any of them.

>> * I couldn’t find any info on the translator “S. E. A.

>> H. Stephenson” so I’ve just left them as that.
>>
>>
>> I enjoyed reading this about as much as I thought I would:
>> North German class divide stuff is somewhat frustrating,
>> but everything ramps up in book six as we reach the
>> denouement and the literal storm hits. Not the best, but a
>> worth addition to SE.
>>
>> -Robin
>>
>>> On 31 Dec 2025, at 16:56, David <djre...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I went ahead and assigned the artwork, Robin - it was the
>>> (very!) least I could do!
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, 31 December 2025 at 15:48:37 UTC Alex Cabal
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> OK, David will manage with Weijia reviewing. North
>>> German business,
>>> exciting!
>>>
>>> On 12/31/25 3:11 AM, Robin Whittleton wrote:
>>> > Going to pick up Spielhagen’s /The Breaking of the
>>> Storm/ which has been
>>> > on my list for a while, 250k words of north German
>>> business and societal
>>> > intrigue in the 1870s. Sources and transcriptions:
>>> >
>>> > *https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34657 <https://

>>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34657><https://
>>> www.gutenberg.org/ <https://www.gutenberg.org/>
>>> > ebooks/34657>
>>> > *https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34658 <https://
>>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34658><https://
>>> www.gutenberg.org/ <https://www.gutenberg.org/>
>>> > ebooks/34658>
>>> > *https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34659 <https://
>>> www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34659><https://
>>> www.gutenberg.org/ <https://www.gutenberg.org/>

>>> > ebooks/34659>
>>> > *https://www.archive.org/details/
>>> breakingstormtr00spiegoog <https://www.archive.org/

>>> details/breakingstormtr00spiegoog><https://
>>> >www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr00spiegoog
>>> <http://www.archive.org/details/
>>> breakingstormtr00spiegoog>>
>>> > *https://www.archive.org/details/
>>> breakingstormtr01spiegoog <https://www.archive.org/
>>> details/breakingstormtr01spiegoog><https://
>>> >www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr01spiegoog
>>> <http://www.archive.org/details/
>>> breakingstormtr01spiegoog>>
>>> > *https://www.archive.org/details/
>>> breakingstormtr02spiegoog <https://www.archive.org/
>>> details/breakingstormtr02spiegoog><https://
>>> >www.archive.org/details/breakingstormtr02spiegoog
>>> <http://www.archive.org/details/

>>> breakingstormtr02spiegoog>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > The trigger in the fiction is the real 1872 Baltic
>>> Sea flood <https://

>>> >en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Baltic_Sea_flood <http://

>>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Baltic_Sea_flood>>, so
>>> I’ll claim /Early
>>> > Morning After a Storm at Sea/ <https://

>>> standardebooks.org/artworks/ <https://
>>> standardebooks.org/artworks/>
>>> > winslow-homer/early-morning-after-a-storm-at-

>>> sea> for the cover art,
>>> > will assign when there’s a DB entry.
>>> >
>>> > Repo is athttps://github.com/robinwhittleton/

>>> friedrich-spielhagen_the- <https://github.com/
>>> robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the->
>>> > breaking-of-the-storm_s-e-a-h-stephenson <https://
>>> github.com/ <https://github.com/>
>>> > robinwhittleton/friedrich-spielhagen_the-breaking-
>>> of-the-storm_s-e-a-h-

>>> > stephenson>.
>>> >
>>> > -Robin
>>> >
>>> >
>>> thumbnail_65ef80ee15b86a04b24d82d31801bd93c82ec917_EBOK_portrait.jpeg
>>> >
>>>
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