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A Village Romeo and Juliet

English · Paperback / Softback

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A Village Romeo and Juliet is a bitter-sweet tragedy telling the tale of two young lovers kept apart by a family feud. Inspired by the story of two real-life sweethearts and set in rural Switzerland, it evokes the overwhelming beauty of young love and nature, but is ultimately pessimistic about the possibility of such beauty surviving in the real world.

Although it attracted controversy when it was first published in 1856, Keller's timeless novella has now rightfully entered the canon of world literature and is widely considered as one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century poetic realism.

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Reaching the height of his fame for the semi-autobiographical novel Green Henry, Gottfried Keller (1819-90) is widely considered to be one of the greatest Swiss-German writers.

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A Village Romeo and Juliet is a bitter-sweet tragedy telling the tale of two young lovers kept apart by a family feud. Inspired by the story of two real-life sweethearts and set in rural Switzerland, it evokes the overwhelming beauty of young love and nature, but is ultimately pessimistic about the possibility of such beauty surviving in the real world.

Although it attracted controversy when it was first published in 1856, Keller's timeless novella has now rightfully entered the canon of world literature and is widely considered as one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century poetic realism.

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One of the greatest German-language prose writers.

Product details

Authors Gottfried Keller
Assisted by Ronald Taylor (Translation)
Publisher Alma Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 15.03.2015
 
EAN 9781847494573
ISBN 978-1-84749-457-3
No. of pages 128
Series Alma Classics
Alma Classics
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Schweizer SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), Swissness, Fiction in translation, poetic realism

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