Project Gutenberg 2010-11-29 Public domain in the USA. 91 Keller, Gottfried 1819 1890 Keller, Gotfryd Wyness, Martin Seven Legends Reading ease score: 60.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Eugenia -- The Virgin and the devil -- The Virgin as knight -- The Virgin as nun -- The naughty Saint Vitalis -- Dorothea's flower-basket -- A legend of the dance. Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive "Seven Legends" by Gottfried Keller is a collection of fictional retellings of saints' legends written in the late 19th century. Each story reflects not only a faith-based moral lesson but also explores human emotions and desires, often with a mix of humor and irony. At the heart of these legends are characters such as the learned maiden Eugenia and the mischievous monk Vitalis, who navigate challenges to their identities and virtues in whimsical and thought-provoking ways. At the start of the collection, the reader is introduced to Eugenia, a beautiful and educated Roman maiden yearning for intellectual pursuit rather than conformity to societal norms. She initially rejects marriage proposals, preferring to delve into philosophical studies. However, her journey takes a transformative turn as she disguises herself as a monk to live a life devoted to spirituality. The narrative explores themes of identity, societal expectations, and the quest for self-awareness, mixing elements of comedy and drama in a way that captures the reader's imagination while imparting moral insights—a hallmark of Keller's storytelling. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories PT Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 217285 212745 2024-10-14T13:28:40.032893 2023-09-15T07:20:46.902013 text/html text/html 208352 2021-01-07T06:40:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 78270 2021-01-07T06:40:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 149324 2024-10-14T13:28:45.951100 application/epub+zip 151216 2024-10-14T13:28:42.194871 application/epub+zip 151217 2024-10-14T13:28:40.872920 application/epub+zip 278386 2024-10-14T13:28:48.723859 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259028 2024-10-14T13:28:45.091885 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 218784 2022-09-16T03:32:13.026041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 195002 194949 2024-10-14T13:28:39.393891 2023-09-15T07:20:46.513989 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 194866 2021-01-07T06:40:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 75834 2021-01-07T06:40:21 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 194871 2021-01-07T06:40:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 75778 2021-01-07T06:40:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21731 2024-10-14T13:28:48.861841 application/rdf+xml 12771 2024-10-14T13:28:41.427875 image/jpeg 3394 2024-10-14T13:28:41.146881 image/jpeg 145262 2024-10-14T13:28:40.052994 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia