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"Michael Kohlhaas has been wronged. First his finest horses were unfairly confiscated and mistreated. And things keep going worse-his servants have been beaten, his wife killed, and the lawsuits he pursues are stymied-but Kohlhaas, determined to find justice at all costs, tirelessly persists.
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Prestige, relentless, meticulous and overwhelming.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Heinrich von Kleist
- First published
- 1910
- Pages
- 143
- Publisher
- Greifenverlag zu Rudolstadt, H. Holt, Aubier
- Editions
- 54
- Language
- German, English, French, tur
- ISBN
- 9781522858652
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“In the middle of the 16th century there lived on the banks of the Havel a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas, son of a schoolmaster, at once one of the most righteous and appalling individuals of his time.”
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