place
Schmargendorf
A semi-rural district on the south-western edge of Berlin where Rilke lived 1898–1899; the preface to the book is dated from here.
Reading notes
- Two Stories of Prague §2 Schmargendorf
A district on the south-western edge of Berlin where Rilke was living in 1898–99; the dated preface sets the writing of these Prague stories at a deliberate remove from the city they remember.