Project Gutenberg 2005-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 89 Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim 1729 1781 Lessing, G. E. Die Juden Ein Lustspiel in einem Aufzuge verfertiget im Jahre 1749. Reading ease score: 85.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Mike Pullen and Delphine Lettau "Die Juden" by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is a comedic play written in the 18th century, specifically during the Enlightenment period. This work explores themes of prejudice, social perception, and the dichotomy between appearances and reality through humor and character interactions. Lessing uses satire to critique societal attitudes towards Jews in his time. The play follows a group of characters, including a traveling gentleman, his servant Christoph, and a baron, who engage in discussions filled with misunderstandings and comedic situations regarding a robbery involving supposed Jewish thieves. The protagonist confronts the prejudices of the other characters while unwittingly revealing his own identity. As the plot unfolds, misunderstandings about identity and morality lead to a climax where the stereotypes and biases against Jews are challenged. Ultimately, the play calls for greater empathy and understanding between different cultures, blending humor with a thoughtful critique of social norms. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Comedies PT Text One Act Plays DE Drama Browsing: Literature Browsing: Performing Arts/Film Browsing: Fiction 106101 106024 2024-10-04T09:49:48.036695 2023-10-04T08:59:03.991802 text/html text/html 106094 106017 2024-10-04T09:49:48.268695 2023-10-04T08:59:04.135794 text/html text/html 107554 2024-10-04T09:49:54.007655 application/epub+zip 107830 2024-10-04T09:49:51.168676 application/epub+zip 92334 2024-10-04T09:49:49.985676 application/epub+zip 203656 2024-10-04T09:49:55.966639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 194079 2024-10-04T09:49:53.295655 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183956 2022-09-04T13:08:43.702022 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 87891 87865 2024-10-04T09:49:47.659695 2023-10-04T08:59:03.815812 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 87315 2015-02-23T20:12:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 32592 2015-02-23T20:13:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19266 2024-10-04T09:49:56.093638 application/rdf+xml 12463 2024-10-04T09:49:50.540679 image/jpeg 3265 2024-10-04T09:49:50.263668 image/jpeg 105308 2024-10-04T09:49:48.278724 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 en.wikipedia