Project Gutenberg 2005-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 94 Grillparzer, Franz 1791 1872 Die Ahnfrau Produced by Delphine Lettau, from files obtained from Gutenberg Projekt-DE "Die Ahnfrau" by Franz Grillparzer is a tragic play written in the early 19th century. The drama unfolds in a gothic setting and revolves around the themes of fate, legacy, and the haunting past of the Borotin family, encapsulated by the eponymous Ahnfrau. The central character, Graf Zdenko von Borotin, grapples with despair over the extinction of his lineage, casting a dark shadow over his relationship with his daughter Berta and her suitor Jaromir. The opening of the play introduces us to the Graf and his daughter Berta in a somber gothic hall during a bleak winter evening. As the Graf reflects on a troubling letter, he reveals the impending extinction of the Borotin family due to the death of his last relative. Berta, sensing her father's sorrow, tries to uplift him with thoughts of spring and renewal. Meanwhile, hints of an ominous family curse—the Ahnfrau, whose restless spirit foretells doom for the House of Borotin—surface throughout their conversation. The tension escalates with the arrival of Jaromir, the man who saved Berta from danger, leading to further strife entangled with themes of love, loss, and vengeance, setting the stage for a tragic unfolding of events influenced by the characters' entwined fates with the family's dark legacy. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 93.2 (5th grade). Very easy to read. de Bohemia (Czech Republic) -- Drama PT Text DE Drama Category: Plays/Films/Dramas Category: German Literature 191005 2025-07-04T08:06:38.647311 text/html 190826 2025-01-11T23:26:54.137337 text/html 128353 2025-07-04T08:06:44.854273 application/epub+zip 130476 2025-07-04T08:06:40.377291 application/epub+zip 130476 2025-07-04T08:06:39.279287 application/epub+zip 246685 2025-07-04T08:06:47.272260 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223036 2025-07-04T08:06:44.142290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192373 2022-09-04T13:21:02.852957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143697 2025-07-04T08:06:38.319300 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 142056 2014-10-11T18:47:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17632 2025-07-04T08:06:47.396252 application/rdf+xml 11412 2025-07-04T08:06:39.774314 image/jpeg 3055 2025-07-04T08:06:39.529286 image/jpeg 55561 2014-10-11T18:53:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 126503 2025-07-04T08:06:38.662305 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia