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Stories
This volume presents 10 novellas from the collections Stories of Zurich, Seven Legends, and The People of Sedwyla, many newly translated for this edition.
372 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1877
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July 25, 2015
The Clothes Make the Man is a classic.
So literally sincere it breaks into irony without contrivance (unlike most of Chekhov) as life itself is prone to do at time. All you can do is smile.
So literally sincere it breaks into irony without contrivance (unlike most of Chekhov) as life itself is prone to do at time. All you can do is smile.
August 19, 2018
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.
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