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Michael Kohlhaas & Other Tales of Faith, Guilt, and Retribution
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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Publisher's Summary
“The world might have blessed his memory had he not carried one virtue to too great an extreme. The feeling of justice made him a robber and a murderer.”
— “Michael Kohlhaas” by Heinrich Von Kleist
Blackstone and Skyboat Media present Michael Kohlhaas & Other Tales of Faith, Guilt, and Retribution, an original compilation of the tales of Heinrich Von Kleist.
This compilation features the title novella Michael Kohlhaas, the tale of a man forced to crime in order to gain back the horses that were stolen from him; “The Earthquake in Chile,” a love story that takes place in the chaos of the 1647 Santiago earthquake; along with five other stories and a dramatized reading of selected scenes from The Prince of Homburg.
Full Contents:
- Introduction by Stefan Rudnicki
- Michael Kohlhaas: From an Old Chronicle
- “St. Cecilia,” or, “The Power of Music: A Legend”
- “The Beggarwoman of Locarno”
- “The Foundling”
- The Marquise of O
- “The Earthquake in Chile”
- “The Duel”
- Scenes from The Prince of Homburg
Originally published in German between 1803–1822 and in English between 1844–1914.