“The court is now in session!” — Judge Adam The Broken Jug is a comedic play by Heinrich von Kleist, set in a small Dutch village. The story […]
German literature
Penthesilea
“So war es ein Versehen. Küsse, Bisse,Das reimt sich, und wer recht von Herzen liebt,Kann schon das eine für das andre greifen.”— Heinrich von Kleist, Penthesilea Penthesilea by […]
German literature
The Marquise of O
“She was a good woman, and she had a good heart.” Chapter 1 The Marquise of O—, a virtuous widow, finds herself inexplicably pregnant despite having no memory […]
German literature
Michael Kohlhaas
“The Kohlhaas affair is one of the strangest in the annals of law.” Part One: The Injustice Michael Kohlhaas, a respected horse trader in 16th-century Brandenburg, is wronged […]