Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
"Emilia Galotti" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is a play in five acts that premiered in 1772. This bourgeois tragedy unfolds in Italy, where an absolutist prince becomes obsessed with a virtuous young woman from the middle class on the eve of her wedding. His scheming chamberlain sets a sinister plot in motion to prevent the marriage, leading to murder, deception, and a devastating moral crisis. The play starkly contrasts aristocratic power with
enlightened bourgeois morality in a gripping conflict of conscience. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781 |
|---|---|
| Title | Emilia Galotti |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Galotti |
| Credits | Produced by Mike Pullen and Delphine Lettau |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Tragedies (Drama) |
| Subject | German drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 9108 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated | Sep 4, 2017 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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