Der Ketzer von Soana by Gerhart Hauptmann
"Der Ketzer von Soana" by Gerhart Hauptmann is a novella written between 1911-1917. A young ascetic priest named Francesco Vela arrives at his first parish in the Italian Swiss mountains. When he encounters a remote family living in supposed incest, he meets their beautiful fifteen-year-old daughter Agata, a goatherd. Francesco becomes increasingly obsessed with the girl, torn between his religious vows and overwhelming desire. His mounting inner turmoil threatens to destroy everything
he has dedicated his life to. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946 |
|---|---|
| Title | Der Ketzer von Soana |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Ketzer_von_Soana |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Switzerland -- Fiction |
| Subject | Priests -- Fiction |
| Subject | German fiction -- 20th century |
| Subject | Outcasts -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 20302 |
| Release Date | Jan 7, 2007 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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