12 Top classics books like Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist

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Michael Kohlhaas

By: Heinrich von Kleist

3.54

Format: 133 pages, Paperback

Based on historical events, this thrilling saga of violence and retribution bridges the gap between…

"Because dearest Lisbeth, I will not abide in a country in which my rights are not protected. If I am to be trampled underfoot, I would rather be a dog than a man. I am certain that, on this point, my wife thinks with me."

-Heinrich von Kleist, Michael Kohlhaas

"Because dearest Lisbeth, I will not abide in a country in which my rights are not protected. If I am to be trampled underfoot, I would rather be a dog than a man. I am certain that, on this point, my wife thinks with me."

-Heinrich von Kleist, Michael Kohlhaas

If you liked the classics plot in Michael Kohlhaas by Heinrich von Kleist , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of A Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne, Paul Goring

1. A Sentimental Journey

By: Laurence Sterne , Paul Goring

3.31

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

A furiously witty response to Tobias Smollett's curmudgeonly 'Travels through France and Italy', La… read more

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"It had ever, as I told the reader, been one of the singular blessings of my life, to be almost every hour of it miserably in love with some one...."

-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey

"Dear sensibility! Source inexhausted of all that's precious in our joys, or costly in our sorrows! Eternal fountain of our feelings! 'tis here I trace thee and this is thy divinity which stirs within…"

-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey

"I could wish to spy the nakedness of their hearts, and through the different disguises of customs, climates, and religion, find out what is good in them, to fashion my own by. It is for this reason t…"

-Laurence Sterne, A Sentimental Journey

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2. Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

By: Joseph von Eichendorff , Konrad Nussbächer

3.31

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts" (1826) gilt als beispielhaftes literarisches Dokument der Spätrom… read more

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"And the world suddenly appeared to me as such an awfully large place, with I so totally alone in it that I could have cried from the bottom of my heart."

-Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

"Everybody is so happy, and no one has a thought for you. And this is what happens to me everywhere and always. Everyone has marked out his own little spot on the Earth, his warm stove, his cup of cof…"

-Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

"At last the gardener arrived, mumbling something about rascals and country bumpkins, and took me out into the park, giving me a lengthy lecture as he did so. I was instructed to be sober and industri…"

-Joseph von Eichendorff, Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

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3. Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre

By: Friedrich Schiller

3.28

Format: 69 pages, Paperback

”Jag stod nu inför ett fasansfullt val mellan ett liv fyllt av dödsskräck och att bära hand på mig … read more

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4. Minna von Barnhelm

By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

3.31

Format: 111 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Book by G. LESSING read more

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"Hier kömmt eine Nahrung, bei der man eher Grillen machen kann. Der liebe melancholische Kaffee!"

-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm

"O, über die weilden, unbiegsamen Männer, die nur immer ihr stieres Auge auf das Gespenst der Ehre heften!"

-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm

"Comment, Mademoiselle? Vous appellés cela betrügen? Corriger la fortune, l'enchainer sous ses doits, etre sûr de son fait, das nenn die Deutsch betrügen? betrügen! O, was ist die deutsch Sprak für ei…"

-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Minna von Barnhelm

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5. Hyperion oder Der Eremit in Griechenland

By: Friedrich Hölderlin

4.67

Format: 48 pages, Hardcover

Die schonste Dichtung deutscher Sprache ist Holderlins 'Hyperion' vielfach genannt worden, ein unub… read more

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6. Maria Stuart

By: Friedrich Schiller , Wilhelm Große

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Nach meiner Ansicht ist Maria Stuartdie pathetischste und am besten durchdachte von allen deutsche… read more

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7. Wilhelm Tell

By: Friedrich Schiller

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das 1804 erschienene und in Weimar - unter der Regie von Johann Wolfgang Goethe - uraufgefuhrte Bla… read more

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8. Lenz

By: None , Georg Büchner , Johann Friedrich Oberlin

3.79

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lenz, Georg Buchner's visionary exploration of an 18th century playwright's descent into madness, g… read more

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9. Nathan der Weise

By: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , Peter von Düffel

4.01

Format: 511 pages, Paperback

Gotthold Ephraim Lessings Nathan der Weise (1779 erschienen und 1783 uraufgefuhrt) ist eines der ze… read more

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10. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

By: Rainer Maria Rilke , Mary Dows Herter Norton

3.98

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Briggeis Rilke's major prose work and was one of the earliest public… read more

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11. The Confusions of Young Törless

By: J.M. Coetzee , Shaun Whiteside , Robert Musil

3.38

Format: None pages, Paperback

Like his contemporary and rival Sigmund Freud, Robert Musil boldly explored the dark, irrational un… read more

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12. Das siebte Kreuz

By: Anna Seghers

3.80

Format: 260 pages,

Dieser Roman, der zuerst 1942 in englischer Sprache, kurz darauf im mexikanischen Exilverlag El Lib… read more

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13. Woyzeck

By: Georg Büchner

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kaum ein bedeutendes Werk der deutschen Literatur ist in seiner Textfassung so problematisch wie Bu… read more

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14. The Black Spider

By: Susan Bernofsky , Jeremias Gotthelf

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

An NYRB Classics Original It is a sunny summer Sunday in a remote Swiss village, and a christening … read more

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15. Dantons Tod

By: Georg Büchner

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

Ti einai auto mesa mas pou aselgei, pseudetai, klebei kai skotonei; Marionetes eimaste pou tis trab… read more

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16. Michael Kohlhaas

By: Heinrich von Kleist

3.54

Format: 133 pages, Paperback

Based on historical events, this thrilling saga of violence and retribution bridges the gap between… read more

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"Because dearest Lisbeth, I will not abide in a country in which my rights are not protected. If I am to be trampled underfoot, I would rather be a dog than a man. I am certain that, on this point, my…"

-Heinrich von Kleist, Michael Kohlhaas

17. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship

By: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , None

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Paperback

Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship, a novel of self-realization greatly admired by the Romantics, has… read more

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18. Die Judenbuche

By: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff

3.92

Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Der 1842 erschienenen Novelle Die Judenbuche von Annette von Droste-Hulshoff liegt eine wahre Begeb… read more

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19. Homo Faber

By: Max Frisch

4.19

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Walter Faber, engineer, is a man for whom only the tangible, calculable, verifiable exists. Dubbed … read more

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20. Der Schimmelreiter

By: Theodor Storm

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

Der Schimmelreiter ist viel mehr als ein klassisches Stuck deutscher Literatur - auf knappsten Raum… read more

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21. In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer

By: Heinar Kipphardt

3.69

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Dj, cover and pages are all very clean and unmarked. Small penciled number on back cover. In German… read more

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"There are people who are willing to protect freedom until there is nothing left of it."

-Heinar Kipphardt, In der Sache J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Laurence Sterne , Paul Goring

3.31

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Joseph von Eichendorff , Konrad Nussbächer

3.31

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Der Verbrecher aus verlorener Ehre

Friedrich Schiller

3.28

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Minna von Barnhelm

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

3.31

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3.31

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Götz von Berlichingen

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

3.28

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Der zerbrochne Krug

Heinrich von Kleist

3.38

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3.54

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