Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_vom_braven_Kasperl_und_dem_sch%C3%B6nen_Annerl https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geschichte_vom_braven_Kasperl_und_dem_sch%C3%B6nen_Annerl

Release date is 2003-10-01

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"Geschichte vom braven Kasperl und dem schönen Annerl" by Clemens Brentano is a frame novella published in 1817. On a cool early summer night, a writer encounters an old peasant woman with a desperate request. Her grandson Kasperl has shot himself over a matter of honor, while his fiancée Annerl awaits execution for infanticide. The grandmother seeks an honorable burial for both, but the writer becomes determined to save Annerl's life. The story explores different conceptions of honor and their devastating consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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