Minna Von Barnhelm by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
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"Minna Von Barnhelm" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is a comedy written between 1763 and 1767. Major von Tellheim, wounded and dishonorably discharged from the Prussian Army, faces financial ruin while awaiting trial over bribery allegations. When his former fiancée Minna tracks him down at a Berlin hotel, he refuses to marry her due to his circumstances. Through clever deception involving exchanged rings and feigned poverty, Minna schemes to restore both their relationship
and his honor in this celebrated German theatrical work. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Bell, Ernest, 1851-1933 |
| Title | Minna Von Barnhelm |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minna_von_Barnhelm |
| Credits | Produced by Dagny, Emma Dudding, John Bickers, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | German drama -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2663 |
| Release Date | Jun 1, 2001 |
| Last Update | Feb 6, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 657 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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