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Das Käthchen von Heilbronn: Oder, die Feuerprobe
by Heinrich von Kleist
Category: Fiction
Status: Available
Source: Public Domain — Project Gutenberg
About This Book
"Das Käthchen von Heilbronn: Oder, die Feuerprobe" by Heinrich von Kleist is a historical knight drama written in 1807–1808. When a blacksmith's daughter mysteriously follows a count after he visits her father's forge, she faces accusations of enchantment before a court. The count believes a noblewoman is his destined bride, revealed through prophetic dreams. Yet the devoted Käthchen endures a trial by fire that exposes hidden truths about deception, identity, and imperial secrets. This tale of devotion and destiny captivated nineteenth-century audiences despite its controversial themes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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This edition of Das Käthchen von Heilbronn: Oder, die Feuerprobe by Heinrich von Kleist is catalogued on Libreya under Fiction and runs approximately 25,768 words — about 129 minutes of reading at an average pace. It is sourced from Project Gutenberg, the world's oldest digital library of public domain literature, founded in 1971 by Michael Hart, and every text on Libreya has been verified to be free of copyright restrictions in the United States. You can view the original Project Gutenberg edition here.
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About Classic Fiction
Classic fiction represents the highest achievements of literary imagination. The novels in this genre have shaped how generations of readers understand human nature, society, and the fundamental questions of existence. Reading 19th and early 20th-century novels offers far more than historical interest: these stories explore love, ambition, morality, and identity with an insight that remains startlingly relevant today. Authors like Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Austen, Hardy, and Dickens wrote for readers much like us — people trying to make sense of a complicated world — and their observations on class, relationships, power, and conscience carry across centuries with barely diminished force. Classic fiction is also where the novel as an art form reached some of its greatest heights: innovative narrative structures, deeply realized characters, and prose styles that reward slow, attentive reading. These are not museum pieces. They are living works that continue to be discussed, adapted, and argued over because they capture something essential and enduring about human experience.
