"Do not read Kleist, he is entirely against Nature...his style is pathological, too intense, chaotic, and emotionally excessive." -Goethe/contemporary of Kleist

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Kleist: A German romantic writer in the early 19th century who shot himself, at age 34 in 1811, with a close female friend who was terminally ill.

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This collection will contain his best short stories:

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Michael Kohlhaas (1810) - a horse dealer turned vigilante, driven by a relentless sense of justice.

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The Earthquake in Chile (1807) - a brutal tale of love and catastrophe set during the 1647 earthquake in Santiago.

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The Marquise of O— (1808) - an unsettling tale of a respectable widow who finds herself mysteriously pregnant and publicly calls upon the unknown father to reveal himself.

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The Betrothal in Santo Domingo (1811) - a tragic, twisted story set during the Haitian Revolution, rife with betrayal and doomed love.