The Tunnel (Kellermann novel)

The Tunnel
AuthorBernhard Kellermann
Original titleDer Tunnel
LanguageGerman
PublisherS. Fischer Verlag
Publication date
1913
Publication placeGerman
Published in English
1915
Pages402

The Tunnel (German: Der Tunnel) is a novel by Bernhard Kellermann published in April 1913. The novel sold 100,000 copies in the six months after its publication, and it became one of the most successful books of the first half of the 20th century. By 1939 its circulation had reached millions. The main theme of the novel is social progress, particularly with respect to modern technology. It was published in English in 1915 through Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom and Macaulay and Co. in the United States.[1]

  1. ^ Bleiler, Everett Franklin (1990). Science-fiction, the Early Years: A Full Description of More Than 3,000 Science-fiction Stories from Earliest Times to the Appearance of the Genre Magazines in 1930 : with Author, Title, and Motif Indexes. Kent State University Press. p. 402. ISBN 0873384164.