By Hanns Heinz Ewers 1911 Translated by Joe E. Bandel 2009 Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine In cooperation with the Hanns Heinz Ewers Estate. Alraune and Galeotto Copyright Wilfried Kugel Translation of Alraune and Galeotto copyright Joe E. Bandel This is Hanns Heinz Ewers most famous novel, newly translated and uncensored for the first time in the English language.A scientist, Professor Jakob ten Brinken, interested in the laws of heredity, impregnates a prostitute in a laboratory with the semen of a hanged murderer. The prostitute conceives a female child who has no concept of love, whom the professor adopts. The girl, Alraune, suffers from obsessive sexuality and perverse relationships throughout her life. She learns of her unnatural origins and she avenges herself against the professor.