Gottfried Keller

Martin Salander and A Village Romeo and Juliet

Annotated Edition
Übersetzer: Taylor, Ronald; Halwas, Kenneth

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Produktbeschreibung

Martin Salander, one of Gottfried Keller's most famous novels, traces the progress of an impoverished idealist towards becoming a self-sufficient, deeply humane individual, offering at the same time a reflection on the social and political changes of the time and a compassionate picture of a family which, for the author, is a mirror of the Free Switzerland he had hoped to help build. 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. Keller's timeless novellas have now rightfully entered the canon of world literature and are widely considered as one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century poetic realism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Alma Books Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: Dezember 2026
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781847495167
• ISBN-10: 1847495168
• Artikelnr.: 70438139

Autorenporträt

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.