Die Leute von Seldwyla — Band 1 by Gottfried Keller

"Die Leute von Seldwyla — Band 1" by Gottfried Keller is a collection of novellas written between 1853-1855. Set in the fictional Swiss town of Seldwyla, these stories paint a satirical portrait of a charming but reckless community where citizens live beyond their means, speculate wildly, and prefer pleasure to hard work. The tales explore the peculiar fates of Seldwyla's inhabitants, from a chronic sulker seeking redemption to a tragic adaptation of Shakespeare's famous lovers transplanted to the Swiss countryside. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Keller, Gottfried, 1819-1890
Title Die Leute von Seldwyla — Band 1
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seldwyla_Folks de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Leute_von_Seldwyla
Contents Pankraz der Schmoller -- Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe -- Frau Regel Amrain und ihr Jüngster -- Die drei gerechten Kammacher -- Spiegel das Kätzchen: ein Märchen
Credits Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Reading Level Reading ease score: 65.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language German
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Short stories
Subject Switzerland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 6696
Release Date
Last Update Dec 29, 2020
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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