Michael Kohlhaas & Other Tales of Faith, Guilt, and Retribution

Michael Kohlhaas & Other Tales of Faith, Guilt, and Retribution

By Heinrich von Kleist
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“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:

  1. Introduction by Stefan Rudnicki

  2. Michael Kohlhaas: From an Old Chronicle

  3. “St. Cecilia,” or, “The Power of Music: A Legend”

  4. “The Beggarwoman of Locarno”

  5. “The Foundling”

  6. The Marquise of O

  7. “The Earthquake in Chile”

  8. “The Duel”

  9. Scenes from The Prince of Homburg