Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation), credited to Heinrich von Kleist, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of MICHAEL KOHLHAAS, by HEINRICH VON KLEIST. Read by GREG W. Michael Kohlhaas is an 1811 novella by Heinrich von Kleist, based on a 16th-century story of Hans Kohlhase. Both the theme (a fanatical quest for justice) and the style (existentialist detachment posing as a chronicle) are surprisingly modern. They resonated with other writers more than a century after it was written. Kafka devoted one of only two public appearances in his whole life to reading passages from Michael Kohlhaas. Kafka said that he "could not even think of" this work "without being moved to tears and enthusiasm." (Introduction by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Michael Kohlhaas (English Translation)
• Author credits: Heinrich von Kleist
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 4:08:43

Catalogue topics

• fiction

Track guide

1. 01 - Section 1 — 19:08
2. 02 - Section 2 — 19:29
3. 03 - Section 3 — 21:16
4. 04 - Section 4 — 25:03
5. 05 - Section 5 — 20:54
6. 06 - Section 6 — 20:07
7. 07 - Section 7 — 18:35
8. 08 - Section 8 — 20:27
9. 09 - Section 9 — 14:51
10. 10 - Section 10 — 22:39
11. 11 - Section 11 — 22:02
12. 12 - Section 12 — 24:19

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