The Ghost-Seer (Alma Classics): Friedrich Schiller - Softcover

Friedrich Schiller; Translated By Andrew Brown

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847497586 ISBN 13: 9781847497581

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2018

Synopsis

The brooding, introverted Count von O arrives in Venice during the carnival in order to escape from his duties and live incognito. But after encountering an enigmatic Armenian stranger who makes an uncanny pronouncement, a bizarre chain of events unfolds, involving a Jesuit secret society, a ghostly seance and a mysterious Sicilian magician leading the Count to question his faith and morality. First serialized in 1787 89, this multilayered, fragmentary novel which gave Friedrich Schiller a platform to expound his Enlightenment ideas on society and religion has thrilled and engaged lovers of Gothic literature for over two centuries.

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Review:

"Frederick von Schiller was something more than a great author; he was also in an eminent sense a great man; and his works are not more worthy of being studied for their singular force and originality than his moral character for its nobility and aspiring grandeur." --Thomas De Quincey

About the Author:

The German poet, playwright, philosopher and historian Friedrich Schiller (1759 1805) was, along with Goethe, the leading figure of the Weimar Classicism movement, which combined elements of the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Classicism.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1847497586
• ISBN 13: 9781847497581
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144