The Stranger

by August von Kotzebue

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Genres: Plays

Paperback

Published May 11, 2007

About the author

August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue, a German dramatist and writer, also worked as a consul in Russia and Germany.

In 1817, people burned a book of Kotzebue during the Wartburg festival. Karl Ludwig Sand, a militant member of the Burschenschaften, murdered him. This murder gave Klemens von Metternich the pretext to issue the Carlsbad decrees of 1819, which dissolved the Burschenschaften, cracked down on the liberal press, and seriously restricted academic freedom in the states of the German confederation.

Reviews

[Wilma Björk · Rating 4 out of 5]

I stumbled upon a mention of this play in David Copperfield and was immediately intrigued.

I liked it! It feels quite progressive for being written in the late 18th century.

With the background given to all the characters, the feelings feel very genuine. I was surprised at times, and at others there was a comforting sense of knowing what lay ahead.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kotezbue's "inferior" prose makes this play easy reading, and he lets the lady off the hook, which is nice.