- Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld (Fictitious character), Philologists, College teachers, Fiction
The Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainment series slyly skewers academia, chronicling the comic misadventures of the endearingly awkward Professor Dr. Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, and his long-suffering colleagues at the Institute of Romantic Philology in Germany.
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Comic, contemporary, classical in form and warm.
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- Author
- Alexander McCall Smith
- First published
- December 2004
- Pages
- 128
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc. and Blackstone Publishing, Random House Large Print, Vintage Canada
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9781664450141
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Alexander McCall Smith, often referred to as ‘Sandy’, is one of the world’s most prolific and best-loved authors. For many years he was a professor of Medical Law and worked in universities in the UK and abroad before turning his hand to writing fiction. He has written and contributed to more than 100 books including specialist academic titles, short story collections, and a number of immensely popular children’s books. His first book, The White Hippo—a children’s book, was published by Hamish Hamilton in 1980. But it wasn’t until the publication of the highly successful The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series that Alexander became a household name. The series has now sold over twenty mill
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