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The Duel (Paperback)
Heinrich Von Kleist
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"No amount of wisdom could possibly make sense of the mysterious
verdict which God intended through this duel."
A new translation of a key work by one of European literature's
most important early writers.
One of the few novellas written by the master German playwright,
"The Duel" was considered by Thomas Mann and others to be one of
the great works of German literature. The story of a virtuous woman
slandered by a nobleman, it is a precise study of a subject that
fascinated von Kleist: That people are sometimes seemingly punished
for their very innocence.
This Is A Melville House "HybridBook"
HybridBooks are a union of print and electronic media: Purchasers
of this print edition also receive Illuminations--additional
curated material that expand the world of Kleist's novella through
text and illustrations--at no additional charge.
To obtain the Illuminations for "The Duel "by Heinrich von Kleist,
simply scan the QR code (or follow a url) found at the back of the
print book, which leads to a page where you can download a file for
your preferred electronic reading device.
Illuminations for "The Duel" by Heinrich von Kleist contain:
Writings by:
Paul the Deacon - J.G. Millingen - Sir Walter Scott - Johann
Ludwig Uhland - Miguel de Cervantes - Andrew Lang - John Carl
Blankenagel - Louis and Regis Senac - Alfred Hutton - Fiore de
Liberi and a collection of the twelve laws of chivalry.
Full-color illustrations from:
Gerhard von Kugelgen - Johannes Gehrts - Jorg Breu Jungere and
Pauls Hector Mair - Achilles Emperaire - George Muhlberg
Also included is The Duelist's Supplement - "The Art of Dueling:
How To Shoot and Slash Your Way To Satisfaction" which includes an
entire facsimile scan of Fior de Liberi's "Flower of Battle."
The Art of The Novella Series
Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella
is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless,
it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest
writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House
celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles
that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first
time.
A reprint of the J M Dent edition of 1997. Heinrich von Kleist was
born and grew up in the Enlightenment and died in a suicide pact in
1811, aged only thirty-four. He left behind him literary works
which are among the most disturbing and amusing of any produced in
that revolutionary and romantic period.
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The Marquise of O- (Paperback)
Heinrich Von Kleist; Translated by Nicholas Jacobs
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R360
R291
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In a Northern Italian town during the Napoleonic Wars, Julietta, a
young widow and mother of impeccable reputation, finds herself
unexpectedly pregnant. This follows an attack on the town's citadel, in
which several Russian soldiers tried to assault her before she was
rescued by Count F-, at which point she fell unconscious. Thrown out of
her father's house, Julietta publishes an announcement in the local
newspaper stating that she is pregnant and would like the father of her
child to make himself known so that she can marry him.
What follows is an ambiguously comic drama of sexuality and family
respectability. One of Kleist's best-loved works, The Marquise of O- is
an ingenious and timeless story of the mystery of human desire, and
Nicholas Jacobs's new translation captures the full richness of its
irony.
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Robert Guiskard
Heinrich Von Kleist
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R353
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Penthesilea
Heinrich Von Kleist
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R654
Discovery Miles 6 540
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Erzählungen
Heinrich Von Kleist
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R738
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Der zerbrochne Krug
Heinrich Von Kleist
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R520
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Penthesilea (Hardcover)
Redaktion Gröls-Verlag; Heinrich Von Kleist
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R774
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