Knulp

Published in Germany in 1915, Knulp is a novel split up into three separate tales which are centered around the life of Knulp, who was once a gifted and promising youth, is depicted as an amiable vagabond that perpetually wanders from town to town staying with friends. He is well like by almost everyone he encounters in the novel for his manners and cheery demeanor---despite his being a vagrant drop-out. Because of this, he is accepted gratefully by those he stays with and often receives charity from those sympathetic with him.....................Information gathered from Wikipedia.