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Michael KohlhaasHeinrich von Kleist

Michael Kohlhaas

Heinrich von Kleist
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27 editions · 5 languages
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"Michael Kohlhaas has been wronged. First his finest horses were unfairly confiscated and mistreated. And things keep going worse-his servants have been beaten, his wife killed, and the lawsuits he pursues are stymied-but Kohlhaas, determined to find justice at all costs, tirelessly persists. Standing up against the bureaucratic machine of the empire, Kohlhaas becomes an indomitable figure that you can't help rooting for from start to finish. Knotty, darkly comical, magnificent in its weirdness, and one of the greatest and most influential tales in German literature, this short novel, first…

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27 editions · 5 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2020
    New Directions · 144 pages · 9780811228343
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Can Yayinlari · 120 pages · 9789750738302
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · 74 pages · 9781544762845
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · 79 pages · 9781542498593
  • Paperback · English · 2017
    Can Yayinlari · 117 pages · 9789750708329
  • Other · English · 2021
    Penguin Random House · 9781473593589
Political and social viewsCriticism and interpretationHistoryQuelleSixteenth centuryRevolutionariesFictionFiction, historical