Agnes Bernauer by Friedrich Hebbel
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"Agnes Bernauer" by Friedrich Hebbel is a drama written in 1851. When Duke Albrecht of Bavaria secretly marries Agnes Bernauer, a commoner's daughter, he defies both his father and the political future of Bavaria. His father Duke Ernst faces an impossible choice: accept a marriage that threatens the duchy's stability and succession, or sacrifice an innocent woman to preserve the state. This realistic tragedy explores the devastating conflict between personal love and
political necessity, between individual desire and the demands of power. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hebbel, Friedrich, 1813-1863 |
|---|---|
| Title | Agnes Bernauer |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Bernauer_(Hebbel) |
| Credits | Produced by Michael Pullen and Mary Cicora |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Bernauer, Agnes, -1435 -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 4079 |
| Release Date | May 1, 2003 |
| Last Update | Dec 27, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 376 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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