Project Gutenberg 2005-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 72 Grillparzer, Franz 1791 1872 Die Ahnfrau Reading ease score: 93.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Delphine Lettau, from files obtained from Gutenberg Projekt-DE "Die Ahnfrau" by Franz Grillparzer is a tragic play written in the early 19th century. The drama unfolds in a gothic setting and revolves around the themes of fate, legacy, and the haunting past of the Borotin family, encapsulated by the eponymous Ahnfrau. The central character, Graf Zdenko von Borotin, grapples with despair over the extinction of his lineage, casting a dark shadow over his relationship with his daughter Berta and her suitor Jaromir. The opening of the play introduces us to the Graf and his daughter Berta in a somber gothic hall during a bleak winter evening. As the Graf reflects on a troubling letter, he reveals the impending extinction of the Borotin family due to the death of his last relative. Berta, sensing her father's sorrow, tries to uplift him with thoughts of spring and renewal. Meanwhile, hints of an ominous family curse—the Ahnfrau, whose restless spirit foretells doom for the House of Borotin—surface throughout their conversation. The tension escalates with the arrival of Jaromir, the man who saved Berta from danger, leading to further strife entangled with themes of love, loss, and vengeance, setting the stage for a tragic unfolding of events influenced by the characters' entwined fates with the family's dark legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Drama PT Text DE Drama Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 190833 190725 2024-10-04T10:00:02.842510 2023-10-04T09:07:13.874815 text/html text/html 190826 190718 2024-10-04T10:00:03.145601 2023-10-04T09:07:14.107803 text/html text/html 128273 2024-10-04T10:00:10.227557 application/epub+zip 130480 2024-10-04T10:00:05.069527 application/epub+zip 130480 2024-10-04T10:00:03.858509 application/epub+zip 246653 2024-10-04T10:00:12.938460 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223036 2024-10-04T10:00:09.459485 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192373 2022-09-04T13:21:02.852957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143697 143640 2024-10-04T10:00:02.467518 2023-10-04T09:07:13.608809 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 142056 2014-10-11T18:47:52 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 55561 2014-10-11T18:53:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19186 2024-10-04T10:00:13.065458 application/rdf+xml 11412 2024-10-04T10:00:04.402509 image/jpeg 3055 2024-10-04T10:00:04.125505 image/jpeg 126432 2024-10-04T10:00:03.162512 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 de.wikipedia