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The Marquise of O and Other Stories
by Heinrich von Kleist
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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Lexington, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Criterion Books, 1960. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: . Light shelf wear and staining, pages toned; a sound binding; very good otherwise. The pink dust jacket has some wear and tear; a little soiling. Translated with an introduction by Martin Greenberg. Preface by Thomas Mann. Contents are The Marquise of O; Michael Kohlhaas: From an Old Chronicle; The Beggarwoman of Locarno; The Engagement in Santo Domingo; The Foundling; The Earthquake in Chile; St. Cecilia or the Power of Music: A Legend. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Farming; Inventory No: 199838. .
Synopsis
David Luke was born in 1921 and is Tutor in German at Christ Church, Oxford. He has published articles and essays on German literature and various prose and verse translations, including Goethe’s Selected Verse (1964) for the Penguin Poets, Kleist’s The Marquise of O and Other Stories (1978) for the Penguin Classics, Thomas Mann’s Tonio Kröger and Other Stories (1970) and Goethe’s Roman Elegies (1977). Nigel Reeves was born in 1939 and graduated at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1963, taking his D.Phil. in 1970. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Tübingen and, since 1975, has been Professor of German at the University of Surrey. He is also Head of Department of Linguistic and International Studies there, and Dean of the Faculty of Human Studies. He has translated stories by Kleist and Keller for the Penguin Book of German Stories and has published monographs on Heinrich Heine and Friedrich Schiller. Nigel Reeves was born in 1939 and graduated at Worcester College, Oxford, in 1963, taking his D.Phil. in 1970. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Tübingen and, since 1975, has been Professor of German at the University of Surrey. He is also Head of Department of Linguistic and International Studies there, and Dean of the Faculty of Human Studies. He has translated stories by Kleist and Keller for the Penguin Book of German Stories and has published monographs on Heinrich Heine and Friedrich Schiller.
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- Bookseller
- Easy Chair Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 199838
- Title
- The Marquise of O and Other Stories
- Author
- Heinrich von Kleist
- Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Criterion Books
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- BZDB23 Farming; UPC: Original Heinrich von Kleist The Marquise of O and Other Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Farming;
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