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"No amount of wisdom could possible make sense of the mysterious verdict which God intended through this duel." 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...
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Melville House,
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| Publisher Address: | Brooklyn, N.Y. : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English German |
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The art of the novella
Melville House classics |
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"No amount of wisdom could possible make sense of the mysterious verdict which God intended through this duel." 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. |
| Item Description: | Translated from the German. |
| Carrier Form: | 51 pages ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9781935554530 1935554530 |
| Index Number: | PT2378 |
| CLC: | I516.44 |
| Call Number: | I516.44/K6472-2 |