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Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe
In Anspielung auf eine Meldung, die Keller in einer Züricher Zeitung las, und natürlich auf Shakespeares Tragödie beginnt die Erzählung:
"Diese Geschichte zu erzählen würde eine müßige Nachahmung sein, wenn sie nicht auf einem wirklichen Vorfall beruhte, zum Beweise, wie tief im Menschenleben jede jener Fabeln wurzelt, auf welche die großen alten Werke gebaut sind. Die Zahl...more
"Diese Geschichte zu erzählen würde eine müßige Nachahmung sein, wenn sie nicht auf einem wirklichen Vorfall beruhte, zum Beweise, wie tief im Menschenleben jede jener Fabeln wurzelt, auf welche die großen alten Werke gebaut sind. Die Zahl...more
Paperback, 87 pages
Published
January 28th 1975
by Philipp Reclam
(first published 1856)
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This was a really sweet novella and although the ending was very sad, I did not feel it was depressing because it was the only possible ending for the 2 characters.
I loved the village and characters' detailed descriptions and all the feelings that were developed and conveyed during the story.
I am definitely going to read other Gottfried Keller novellas.
I loved the village and characters' detailed descriptions and all the feelings that were developed and conveyed during the story.
I am definitely going to read other Gottfried Keller novellas.
I absolutely loved this book; the language (admittedly a translation, but I shall be tracking down the original German A.S.A.P.) was simple yet beautiful, and the characters were so well-developed that I really invested in them, despite it being only 100 pages long. The title, and the synopsis, made the inevitable ending quite clear, but the fact is that the novella was based on a real event, and is not simply a parallel to Shakespeare's play. I thought that the reason for the lovers' suicide wa...more
Mar 04, 2013
Alexandra
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3 of 5 stars
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Zwei Bauern deren Grundstück aneinandergrenzt befinden sich im Zwist. Sie können sich nicht einigen wo ein Grundstück anfängt und das andere aufhört. Die Kinder der Bauern Vreni und Sali gehen sich möglichst aus dem Weg bis sie eines Tages aufeinandertreffen und ihre Gefühle entfacht werden.
Meine Meinung:
Das Buch ist sehr detailiert geschrieben, so bekommt man zwar eine Vorstellung wie alles aussehen soll, doch ist die Geschichte dadurch ziemlich langatmig.
An sich ist es aber eine "süße" Liebes...more
Meine Meinung:
Das Buch ist sehr detailiert geschrieben, so bekommt man zwar eine Vorstellung wie alles aussehen soll, doch ist die Geschichte dadurch ziemlich langatmig.
An sich ist es aber eine "süße" Liebes...more
Dec 01, 2011
Michael
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3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
German Students, Romantics, Fans of German Romantic Literature
Recommended to Michael by:
Steven Fuller
This is a German book for fairly advanced students of the language, or of interest to those who study German literature. It is not a particularly "fun" read, although it does have some passages which are good examples of flowery and passionate prose, and the overall story of doomed love between innocent youngsters may appeal to some. It does not in any way parallel the Shakespeare tale from which it takes its name, except in terms of the premise of two people falling in love in spite of their fa...more
Another school read I didn't enjoy. This time I'm not sure I would have rated it better if it hadn't been an obligatory read. Gottfried Keller just isn't my sort of author.
Dec 11, 2009
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Pretty good novella on the standards of early European society and the affects that those standards have on the individual.
Dec 03, 2011
Richard Horsman
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3 of 5 stars
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19th-century-fiction,
tragedies
As genuinely tragic as the original, if a little didactic in banging home its message about class and social mores towards the end.
Interesting take on the star crossed lovers, relocating them to feuding families in C18 Germany
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I'm a bit surprised by the ratings here at Goodreads; I didn't think it was that bad! I quite liked it, even if it was predictable (especially so because the title is a direct reference to Romeo & Juliet). Except for the weird names, that is. Sali und Vrenchen? Really, Vrenchen? Of all the names in the world you decide to go with that one? Baffles me.
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Ein gutes Beispiel dafür, dass man ein gutes klassisches Werk in die Moderne transportieren kann, es aber besser wäre, man hätte es gelassen.
Furchtbar. Eine Qual - sowohl für Schüler als auch für Shakespeare-Liebhaber.
Furchtbar. Eine Qual - sowohl für Schüler als auch für Shakespeare-Liebhaber.
I love this version of the Romeo and Juliet story: it has much more background and character development than Shakespeare's version. I need to read this again!
Ein missglückter Versuch, die Geschichte von Romeo und Julia in modernerem Setting zu platzieren.
Jun 10, 2008
André
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Recommended to André by:
Gudrun Krause
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school
Another one of Keller's bad books. Can't say anything more than that I disliked it.
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switzerland,
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“Wie tief im Menschen leben jede jener Fabeln: wurzelt, auf welche die großen alten Werke gebaut sind.”
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