http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9108.opds 2024-11-09T02:00:20Z Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Free eBooks since 1971. Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org webmaster@gutenberg.org https://www.gutenberg.org/gutenberg/favicon.ico 25 1 2024-11-09T02:00:20Z Emilia Galotti

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Title: Emilia Galotti

Note: Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Mike Pullen and Delphine Lettau

Summary: "Emilia Galotti" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is a play written during the mid-18th century. The drama explores themes of power, desire, and moral conflict, centering around the characters Emilia Galotti, her father Odoardo, and Hettore Gonzaga, the Prince of Guastalla, who becomes infatuated with Emilia. At the start of the play, the Prince is seen dealing with various matters of state, including pleas for help, which hint at his frustrations and desires. His attention diverts when he discovers a portrait of Emilia, igniting his obsession. Meanwhile, Emilia prepares for her marriage to Graf Appiani, unaware of the Prince's intentions and the looming danger. The opening sets a tone of tension and foreshadows the tragic events that will unfold, highlighting Emilia's innocence contrasted with the manipulative political landscape surrounding her. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781

EBook No.: 9108

Published: Oct 1, 2005

Downloads: 390

Language: German

Subject: Tragedies

Subject: German drama

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:9108:2 2005-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim de 1
2024-11-09T02:00:20Z Emilia Galotti

This edition has images.

Title: Emilia Galotti

Note: Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Credits: Produced by Mike Pullen and Delphine Lettau

Summary: "Emilia Galotti" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is a play written during the mid-18th century. The drama explores themes of power, desire, and moral conflict, centering around the characters Emilia Galotti, her father Odoardo, and Hettore Gonzaga, the Prince of Guastalla, who becomes infatuated with Emilia. At the start of the play, the Prince is seen dealing with various matters of state, including pleas for help, which hint at his frustrations and desires. His attention diverts when he discovers a portrait of Emilia, igniting his obsession. Meanwhile, Emilia prepares for her marriage to Graf Appiani, unaware of the Prince's intentions and the looming danger. The opening sets a tone of tension and foreshadows the tragic events that will unfold, highlighting Emilia's innocence contrasted with the manipulative political landscape surrounding her. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Author: Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim, 1729-1781

EBook No.: 9108

Published: Oct 1, 2005

Downloads: 390

Language: German

Subject: Tragedies

Subject: German drama

LoCC: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures

Category: Text

Rights: Public domain in the USA.

urn:gutenberg:9108:3 2005-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 Public domain in the USA. Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim de 1