Die Leute von Seldwyla — Band 2 by Gottfried Keller

"Die Leute von Seldwyla — Band 2" by Gottfried Keller is a collection of novellas published between 1873-1875. Set in the fictional Swiss town of Seldwyla, these stories portray a community of charming but reckless citizens who live beyond their means, speculate foolishly, and thrive in youth before falling into bankruptcy. Through satirical comedies and one tragic adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," Keller crafts vivid portraits of human folly and occasional redemption, exploring themes of youthful carelessness, social criticism, and the consequences of temperament in this masterwork of nineteenth-century German realism. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Keller, Gottfried, 1819-1890
Title Die Leute von Seldwyla — Band 2
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seldwyla_Folks Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Leute_von_Seldwyla
Contents Kleider machen Leute -- Der Schmied seines Glückes -- Die missbrauchten Liebesbriefe -- Dietegen -- Das verlorene Lachen.
Credits E-text prepared by Norbert H. Langkau, Evelyn Kawrykow, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (www.pgdp.net)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 68.4 (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 Germany -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 28042
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Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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