Felix Salten

Summary: Describes the life of a deer in the forest as he grows into a beautiful stag.

a life in the woods

Bambi

After Bambi's son learns the ways of the Deep Forest, the little fawn's knowledge is tested when he must save his mother and sister from the wolf.

The Story of a Forest Family

Bambi's Children

A new, beautifully illustrated translation of Felix Salten’s celebrated novel Bambi—the original source of the beloved story Most of us think we know the story of Bambi—but do we? The Original Bambi is an all-new, illustrated translation of a literary classic that presents the story as it was meant to be told. For decades, readers’ images of Bambi have been shaped by the 1942 Walt Disney film—an idealized look at a fawn who represents nature’s innocence—which was based on a 1928 English translation of a novel by the Austrian Jewish writer Felix Salten. This masterful new translation gives contemporary readers a fresh perspective on this moving allegorical tale and provides important details about its creator. Originally published in 1923, Salten’s story is more somber than the adaptations that followed it. Life in the forest is dangerous and precarious, and Bambi learns important lessons about survival as he grows to become a strong, heroic stag. Jack Zipes’s introduction traces the history of the book’s reception and explores the tensions that Salten experienced in his own life—as a hunter who also loved animals, and as an Austrian Jew who sought acceptance in Viennese society even as he faced persecution. With captivating drawings by award-winning artist Alenka Sottler, The Original Bambi captures the emotional impact and rich meanings of a celebrated story.

The Story of a Life in the Forest

The Original Bambi

Damion Searls

Paul Reitter

When Lucas is magically transformed into the canine companion of a Viennese archduke, he learns that the privileged life he dreamed of is not all it is cracked up to be.

The Hound of Florence

Bambi's Children AND Old Rosie, the Horse Nobody Understood

Retells the adventures of a young deer growing up and learning about life in the forest.

Felix Salten's Bambi

Walt Disney

The adventures of a youg deer growing up in a forest.

Walt Disney's Bambi

The scandalous, controversial erotic classic by the creator of Bambi! In the format of a fake memoir, the 50-year-old Josefine Mutzenbacher looks back upon her sexual escapades in Vienna. "Josefine Mutzenbacher or The Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself" was first published anonymously in Austria in 1906. The author turned out to be Felix Salten, who later became famous for writing "Bambi, a Life in the Woods." "Josefine Mutzenbacher" is a pornographic classic that also has been adapted for the stage, and there is a long series of adult movies based on the book.

Or The Story of a Viennese Whore, as Told by Herself

Josefine Mutzenbacher

A Life in the Woods

The novel traces the life of Bambi, a male roe deer, from his birth through childhood, the loss of his mother, the finding of a mate, the lessons he learns from his father, and the experience he gains about the dangers posed by human hunters in the forest.

Bambi: A Life In The Woods

First published in 1923, Bambi: A Life in the Woods traces a deer's growth from fawn to seasoned survivor through seasons of courtship, scarcity, and mortal risk. Salten's spare, lyrical realism and unsentimental anthropomorphism produce a modernist animal bildungsroman: impressionistic vignettes, close focalization, and the ominous figure of "Him" refract ecological fact into parable, guided by the austere Old Prince. Felix Salten (born Siegmund Salzmann) was a Viennese journalist and critic steeped in coffeehouse modernism and the politics of interwar Austria. A keen observer of wildlife and hunting culture, he fused reportorial clarity with symbolist suggestiveness. Banned by the Nazis and later exiled to Switzerland, his Jewish experience shadows the novel's vigilance and secrecy. Readers of environmental humanities, animal studies, and modernist fiction will find in Bambi a lucid, bracing classic—far sterner than the film. Its ethical poise and natural-history acuity make it ideal for courses on narrative empathy and ecology, or for reflective reading outdoors, where its rustling margins and disciplined grace resonate most. Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.

Enriched edition. A Deer Prince's Coming-of-Age: Forest Life, Motherly Love, Woodland Adventures, and Nature's Wisdom

Bambi (Summarized Edition)

Newly retranslated, this elemental novel about danger, loss, and coming of age in the natural world was the source material for the classic Disney animated film. Bambi first came out in Vienna a hundred years ago, the work of Felix Salten, a Viennese litterateur, journalist, and man about town, and was an immediate success with readers. An English translation soon appeared with an introduction by the Nobel Prize winner John Galsworthy and was widely and well reviewed. Later Walt Disney made his famous movie of the book, and as a consequence Salten’s intimate, delicate, poetic, and gripping tale of forest life, a book that captures both the calm and the disquiet of the animal world, has come to be thought of as a children’s book. Bambi is certainly a book that children can enjoy, but it is also a moving and lasting contribution to the literature of the natural world. In Damion Searls’s new translation the fawn Bambi and his mother, the groves and thickets of the forest, the open and dangerous space of the great field, the ever-present threat of the human—the whole intricate weave of life and death that Salten handles so deftly—all come alive for a new generation of readers. Paul Reitter’s afterword discusses the surprising political readings to which Salten’s fable of the woods was subjected.

Describes the life of a deer in the forest as he grows into a beautiful stag.

Tief im Dickicht des Waldes verbringt das Rehkitz Bambi eine unbeschwerte Kindheit. Seine Mutter beschützt ihn fürsorglich, und mit seinen Freunden Gobo und Faline kann er ausgelassen spielen. Als Bambi zum ersten Mal im Leben eine weite offene Wiese betritt, erfährt er, was Freiheit bedeutet – und Gefahr. Denn dort draußen begegnen die Tiere des Waldes 'Ihm', dem Menschen und damit ihrer größten Bedrohung. 'Bambi' ist eine Geschichte um Liebe, Vertrauen und Verlust, die schon viele Generationen junger Leserinnen und Leser berührt hat.

Vollständige, ungekürzte Ausgabe

Felix Salten, Bambi - Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde (Vollständige Ausgabe)

Reproduction of the original: Herr Wenzel auf Rehberg und sein Knecht Kaspar Dinckel by Felix Salten

Herr Wenzel auf Rehberg und sein Knecht Kaspar Dinckel

Die Jugend des Eichhörnchens Perri

Originally published: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co, 1938.

Perri

Tthe Gravity of Life) : a Play

Moral Courage

It’s a dog’s life for a boy when he magically turns into a hound in this classic story from the author of Bambi. On a routine walk through the streets of his hometown of Vienna, Lucas Grassi sees an archduke’s coach. He can’t help but wish he was rich and powerful and leaving the dark city behind. And when he sees the archduke’s faithful dog running alongside, he wishes he could just be the dog and be free from his everyday life. And then his wish comes true: Lucas does become the dog. Every other day he switches from his normal body to that of the archduke’s canine companion. Soon he learns the dog is treated badly and the archduke is not a nice man. Lucas decides he’ll do anything to reverse his wish…if only he knew what to do! Felix Salten’s tale of a wish gone awry is brought back to life in this beautiful repackage.

Felix Salten

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