Selected Prose of Heinrich Von Kleist
“Until his thirtieth year, this extraordinary man would surely have been held as the epitome of a model citizen. In a village that still bears his name he owned a horse farm, on which he quietly earned a living in the practice of his trade; he raised the children his wife bore him in the fear of God, to be diligent and honest; there wasn’t a single one of his neighbors who did not benefit from his benevolence and fairness; in short, the world would have had to bless his memory had he not gone to...o far in one virtue. His sense of justice turned him into a thief and a murderer.
One day he rode out with a herd of young horses, all well-fed and groomed, pondering how he would invest the profit which he hoped to make off them at market: a part of it he would, according to good business practice, put back into new stock, but with the rest he would enjoy life in the present – on this he mused as he arrived at the Elbe, where, in front of a stately castle, on Saxon territory, he found a turn pike blocking his path that had not been there before.MoreLess
One day he rode out with a herd of young horses, all well-fed and groomed, pondering how he would invest the profit which he hoped to make off them at market: a part of it he would, according to good business practice, put back into new stock, but with the rest he would enjoy life in the present – on this he mused as he arrived at the Elbe, where, in front of a stately castle, on Saxon territory, he found a turn pike blocking his path that had not been there before.MoreLess
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