This volume presents 10 novellas from the collections Stories of Zurich, Seven Legends, and The People of Sedwyla, many newly translated for this edition.
Wittgenstein was a big fan of Keller, so I thought I'd read some. I assumed this collection was a sort of greatest hits. The stories were often tales of lovers who are separated and then somehow brought back together. There was nothing special about them--they all had happy endings. I suppose it was like Wittgenstein's love for American movies--a diversion from philosophy, not a source for it. Now I know.