Herr Rau reviewed Belphegor by Johann Karl Wezel
Review of 'Belphegor' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
Reminds one of Candide, and, to a lesser extent, Gulliver's Travels. But it is much too long and rambling. It keeps repeating the same messages. The book being an Enlightenment novel (or romance?), those messages are interesting enough, though. Is (individual and general) history preordained by natural laws, or preordained by a guiding hand? Same difference, the book seems to say.