During the third period of the novelist's life his works no longer show this pessimistic strain. A genial humor pervades them, reminiscent of Dickens, though they frequently deal with serious subjects. "Horacker" (1876) perhaps best represents this tendency, and has been cited as his masterpiece. "Der Dräumling" (1872), and "Deutscher Mondschein" (1873), also come under this head. Of his numerous later works "Das Odfeld" (1889) and "Die Akten des Vogelsangs" (1895) seemed to be most read. "Kloster Lugau" (1894) and "Hastenbeck" (1899) also belong to this period.