Publisher Description
“The world might have blessed his memory had he not carried one virtue to too great an extreme. The feeling of justice made him a robber and a murderer.”
— “Michael Kohlhaas” by Heinrich Von Kleist
Blackstone and Skyboat Media present Michael Kohlhaas & Other Tales of Faith, Guilt, and Retribution, an original compilation of the tales of Heinrich Von Kleist.
This compilation features the title novella Michael Kohlhaas, the tale of a man forced to crime in order to gain back the horses that were stolen from him; “The Earthquake in Chile,” a love story that takes place in the chaos of the 1647 Santiago earthquake; along with five other stories and a dramatized reading of selected scenes from The Prince of Homburg.
Full Contents:
Introduction by Stefan Rudnicki
Michael Kohlhaas: From an Old Chronicle
“St. Cecilia,” or, “The Power of Music: A Legend”
“The Beggarwoman of Locarno”
“The Foundling”
The Marquise of O
“The Earthquake in Chile”
“The Duel”
Scenes from The Prince of Homburg
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“Sometimes you find a brother, and you instantly know that you are no longer alone. I experienced this with Kleist.”
—
Werner Herzog, director
About Heinrich von Kleist
Heinrich Von Kleist (1777–1811) was a one of the greatest German poets and dramatists of the nineteenth century, and as a poet he was a source of inspiration for the Realist, Expressionist, and Existentialist movements in France and Germany. Among his best known works are “The Earthquake in Chile,” “Michael Kohlhaas,” and “The Marquise of O”—which demonstrate his mastery in writing violent mysteries and his often-returned-to theme of men driven to their limits. The Kleist Prize, a highly regarded prize in German literature, is named after him.
About the Narrators
Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.
Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.