by Heinrich von Kleist · Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783150000403
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«Das Käthchen von Heilbronn» is the historical-chivalric drama by Heinrich von Kleist, published by Reclam in paperback (108 pages, in German).
Käthchen, daughter of an armorer, feels an absolute love for Count Wetter vom Strahl, a nobleman whom fate places in her path. Amid dreams, misunderstandings, and chivalric trials, the young woman must prove the steadfastness of her devotion and her courage in a drama that blends romance, mystery, and adventure.
Work originally published in 1810; belongs to Reclams Universal-Bibliothek as number 40, and its full subtitle is «oder die Feuerprobe».
For students of German and readers interested in the classics of German theater.
Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, short story writer and journalist. His best known works are the theatre plays The Prince of Homburg, Das Käthchen von Heilbronn, The Broken Jug, Amphitryon and Penthesilea, and the novellas Michael Kohlhaas and The Marquise of O. Kleist ended his life in a suicide pact by shooting himself together with a close female friend who was terminally ill.
