Author : Gottfried Keller
Release : 2015-01-06
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 832/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ursula (Swiss-German Classics) by : Gottfried Keller
Download or read book Ursula (Swiss-German Classics) written by Gottfried Keller. This book was released on 2015-01-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the cycle "Zurich Novellas" by Gottfried Keller: In 1877 Gottfried Keller published his "Zurich Novellas" (Züricher Novellen), a series of short novels dealing with the history of Zurich and Switzerland. "Ursula" is a love story between a Swiss soldier and the daughter of a farmer during the time of the Swiss Reformation lead by Ulrich Zwingli and at the beginning of the Anabaptist movement in Europe in the 16th century. --- "Gottfried Keller was one of the foremost Swiss novelists and one of the most original figures of German literature since Goethe, a master of style worthy to be classed with the great names of all ages." (John Albrecht Walz)