The Bachelors (Stifter novel)

The Bachelors
Title page from Iris
AuthorAdalbert Stifter
Original titleDer Hagestolz
LanguageGerman
Publication date
1844
Publication placeAustria
Pages
    • 118 (1844)
    • 348 (1850)

The Bachelors (German: Der Hagestolz, lit.'The Bachelor'), also published as The Recluse, is a novel by the Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter. It was published as a novella in the anthology series Iris in 1844 and as a full-length novel in 1850.