Marquise of o and Other Stories

Name: Marquise of o and Other Stories
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ISBN: 9780140443592

ISBN-10: 0140443592

ISBN-13: 9780140443592

Edition: 2004

Authors: Heinrich von Kleist, David Luke, Nigel Reeves, Heinrich von Kleist, Nigel Reeves

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"A young Marquise, caught in mortal danger in the midst of a furious battle, falls into a deep swoon. She comes round moments later, however, safe within her castle and apparently unharmed, and is able to resume her life in gratitude and complacency. So when, weeks later, she is alarmed by strange periods of faintness and indisposition, the solution that suggests itself seems entirely irrational. How could the widowed young Marquise be pregnant? And what will her parents say?" "Imbued with subtle comic moments and lashed by the passionate outbursts of anger and love experienced by characters caught in a bizarre and unpredictable chain of events, The Marquise of O- is a truly Kleistian twist…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/28/1978
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.12" wide x 7.83" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Foreword



Introduction


The Marquise of O-


The Earthquake in Chile


The Foundling


Biographical note