Das Schweigen im Walde: Roman

by Ludwig Ganghofer

"Das Schweigen im Walde: Roman" by Ludwig Ganghofer is a novel published in 1899. Set in the Tyrolean mountains, it follows Prince Heinrich von Ettingen-Bernegg as he flees a Viennese love affair to his hunting lodge. There he encounters Lolo Petri, a young woman who tends her late father's mountain cottage and garden. As attraction develops between them, jealous gamekeeper Mazegger pursues Lolo himself, while unwelcome visitors from Vienna threaten to disrupt the prince's newfound peace and burgeoning romance.