Seldwyla Folks
{{short description|Sequence of novellas by Gottfried Keller}}
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Seldwyla Folks, also published as The People of Seldwyla ({{langx|de|Die Leute von Seldwyla}}), is a sequence of novellas by the Swiss writer Gottfried Keller. The ten stories are set around the fictional small town of Seldwyla in Switzerland. Each story is about an obsession or fixation that leads to excess, bigotry or self-indulgence.{{cite web |last=Görner |first=Rüdiger |url=https://www.new-books-in-german.com/recommendations/the-people-of-seldwyla/ |title=The People of Seldwyla: Die Leute Von Seldwyla |website=New Books in German |access-date=14 December 2023 }}
The first five stories were written from 1853 to 1855 and published together in 1856. The second half was written from 1860 to 1875, while the finished sequence was published together from 1873 to 1875.{{cite book |last=Swales |first=Erika |year=1994 |title=The poetics of scepticism: Gottfried Keller and Die Leute von Seldwyla |series=Berg monographs in German literature |location=Oxford |publisher=Berg Publishers |isbn=0-85496-903-9 }}
Stories
- "{{ill|Pankraz the Sulker|de|Pankraz, der Schmoller}}" ({{langx|de|Pankraz, der Schmoller}})
- "{{ill|A Village Romeo and Juliet (novella)|lt=A Village Romeo and Juliet|de|Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe}}" ({{langx|de|Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe|link=no}})
- "{{ill|Regula Amrain and Her Youngest Son|de|Frau Regel Amrain und ihr Jüngster}}" ({{langx|de|Frau Regel Amrain und ihr Jüngster|link=no}})
- "{{ill|Three Decent Combmakers|de|Die drei gerechten Kammmacher}}" ({{langx|de|Die drei gerechten Kammmacher|link=no}})
- "{{ill|Spiegel the Cat (novella)|lt=Spiegel the Cat|de|Spiegel, das Kätzchen}}" ({{langx|de|Spiegel, das Kätzchen|link=no}})
- "Clothes Make the Man" ({{langx|de|Kleider machen Leute|link=no}})
- "{{ill|The Smith of His Own Fortune|de|Der Schmied seines Glückes}}" ({{langx|de|Der Schmied seines Glückes|link=no}})
- "{{ill|The Misused Love Letters|de|Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe}}" ({{langx|de|Die mißbrauchten Liebesbriefe|link=no}})
- "{{ill|Dietegen|de}}"
- "{{ill|The Lost Laugh|de|Das verlorne Lachen}}" ({{langx|de|Das verlorne Lachen|link=no}})
Selected adaptations
- A Village Romeo and Juliet, 1907 opera composed by Frederick Delius
- Kleider machen Leute, 1910 opera composed by Alexander von Zemlinsky
- Clothes Make the Man, 1921 Austrian-German film
- Kleider machen Leute, 1934 opera composed by Joseph Suder
- Clothes Make the Man, 1940 German film
- Spiegel the Cat, 1952 Australian radio play
References
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External links
- {{commons category-inline|Die Leute von Seldwyla}}
Category:1856 short story collections