The Marquise of O-: Heinrich von Kleist (Alma Classics 101 Pages) - Softcover

Von Kleist, Heinrich

 
9781847498625: The Marquise of O-: Heinrich von Kleist (Alma Classics 101 Pages)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1847498620 ISBN 13: 9781847498625
Verlag: Alma Classics, 2021

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A respectable young widow and mother of two children, the Marquise of O― finds herself inexplicably pregnant after being rescued by a Russian officer from the attentions of his soldiers during the storming of her town’s citadel. Convinced of her own innocence and wishing to vindicate her own integrity, the Marquise places an advert in the newspapers, appealing for the father to come forward and promising to marry him. But will this be enough to quench her family’s doubts and the derision of the society around her? Will this help her solve the mystery and urge the perpetrator to acknowledge paternity of the child?

One of the great classics of German literature, Heinrich von Kleist’s sexually charged novella is as edgy today as it was when it was first published in 1808, and is accompanied here by two other celebrated stories, ‘The Earthquake in Chile’ and ‘The Foundling’, showcasing the range of their author’s narrative abilities and his taste for the ambiguous and the paradoxical.

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The author of celebrated plays, stories and novellas, Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811) led a short, troubled life, famously cut short by suicide.

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A respectable young widow and mother of two children, the Marquise of O- finds herself inexplicably pregnant after being rescued by a Russian officer from the attentions of his soldiers during the storming of her town's citadel. Convinced of her own innocence and wishing to vindicate her own integrity, the Marquise places an advert in the newspapers, appealing for the father to come forward and promising to marry him. But will this be enough to quench her family's doubts and the derision of the society around her? Will this help her solve the mystery and urge the perpetrator to acknowledge paternity of the child?

One of the great classics of German literature, Heinrich von Kleist's sexually charged novella is as edgy today as it was when it was first published in 1808, and is accompanied here by two other celebrated stories, 'The Earthquake in Chile' and 'The Foundling', showcasing the range of their author's narrative abilities and his taste for the ambiguous and the paradoxical.

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Verlag
Alma Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1847498620
ISBN 13 
9781847498625
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
120
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