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A Village Romeo and Juliet

Gottfried Keller


  • Alma Books - Alma Classics
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.

ISBN 9781847494573 | E | PB
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Publisher Alma Books - Alma Classics
ISBN 9781847494573
Publication date March 2015
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 198 x 130 mm
Pages 128
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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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. Although it attracted controversy when it was first published in 1856, Keller’s timeless novella has now rightfully entered the canon of world literature and is widely considered as one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century poetic realism.