Michael Kohlhaas (1810) [Novella]
by Heinrich von Kleist
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Summary
(From the publisher):
This deeply stirring tale tells of the violence and retribution that ensue after a horse trader is unfairly taxed by a local lord. An army is raised and war is declared on the lords, and eventually on the king, by the trader who becomes a local hero, even to Martin Luther.
Original title: Michael Kohlhaas
Original languages:
German
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Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
This work is a subwork of the following works :
Marquise of O— and Other Stories, the (1960) [Collection]
Author: Heinrich von Kleist
Twelve German Novellas (1977) [Anthology]
Authors: Franz Kafka
, Gerhart Hauptmann
, Thomas Mann
, Theodor Fontane
, E. T. A. Hoffmann
, Gottfried Keller
, Christoph Martin Wieland
, Heinrich von Kleist
, Arthur Schnitzler
, Adelbert von Chamisso
, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer
, Werner Bergengruen
German Romantic Novellas (1985) [Anthology]
Authors: Heinrich von Kleist
, Jean Paul
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