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- Herausgeber: adlima GmbH
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024
Englisch Lernen mit klassischen Werken. Die Bücher dieser Reihe eignen sich für Jugendliche und Erwachsen, die mit klassischen Werken ihre Lesefähigkeit verbessern wollen. Englisch Niveaus A2 bis B2. Durchgehend in englischer Sprache. "Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe" ist eine Novelle von Gottfried Keller, die 1856 veröffentlicht worden ist. Die Geschichte gehört zu Kellers Novellenzyklus "Die Leute von Seldwyla". Die Geschichte ist eine tragische Liebesgeschichte, inspiriert von Shakespeares "Romeo und Julia", jedoch in einer ländlichen Schweizer Umgebung angesiedelt. Die Handlung beginnt mit der Vorstellung von zwei Bauernfamilien, den Martis und den Manz, die einst gute Nachbarn und Freunde gewesen sind. Durch einen kleinen Landstreit entwickelt sich jedoch schnell eine tiefe Feindschaft zwischen den beiden Familien. Inmitten dieser angespannten Atmosphäre wachsen die Kinder der verfeindeten Familien heran. Als Jugendliche begegnen sie sich zufällig auf dem Feld und verlieben sich sofort ineinander. Ihre Liebe wächst im Geheimen, da sie wissen, dass ihre Familien niemals einer Verbindung zustimmen werden. Gottfried Keller nutzt die Liebesgeschichte von Vrenchen und Sali, um Fragen nach der Verantwortung gegenüber der nächsten Generation und den verheerenden Auswirkungen von unnachgiebigem Stolz und Hass zu stellen.
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Romeo and Juliet of the Village: Englisch Lektüre A2 - B2
Englisch Lernen mit klassischen Werken. Die Bücher dieser Reihe eignen sich für Jugendliche und Erwachsen, die mit klassischen Werken ihre Lesefähigkeit verbessern wollen. Englisch Niveaus A2 bis B2. Durchgehend in englischer Sprache.Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Impressum
Chapter 1
This story is based on a real event and shows how deeply rooted every fable is in human life. Such fables are not numerous, but they appear again and again in new forms.
Near Seldwyla, along a beautiful river, rises a hill. At the foot of this hill lies a village with large farms. Three magnificent long fields stretch across the gentle hill like huge ribbons next to each other.
On a sunny September morning, two farmers are plowing the outer two fields. The middle field lies fallow. It is covered with stones and tall weeds.
The farmers are sturdy men in their forties. They look like typical, wealthy farmers. They wear short breeches and shirts whose sleeves tremble slightly with every movement. Their faces are calm and attentive. They watch the furrow or look around if a noise disturbs the peace. They move forward slowly and gracefully, speaking only to give instructions. They are very much alike, differing only in that one wears his white cap forwards, while the other has it hanging down his neck.
The two farmers plow their fields in opposite directions. When they meet on the hill, the wind blows their caps differently, backwards for one and forwards for the other. Their caps swing briefly upright in the air before they move on and disappear behind the hill like setting stars.
They occasionally throw stones from the field onto the fallow center field, which is already full of stones.
As they continue to work, a pram approaches, pulled by the farmers' children. It contains food for the farmers, bread, wine, and snacks that their wives have prepared. There are also collected apples and pears and an old doll in the cart.
The children, a seven-year-old boy and a five-year-old girl, take the food to the hill where the farmers stop their work. The children have pretty eyes. The girl also has dark, frizzy hair and brownish skin.
The farmers greet each other at the dinner table. It is the first time they have spoken to each other that day.
The two farmers are called Manz and Marti. They enjoy their breakfast outside and share it with the children, who stay with them while they eat and drink. They look into the distance and see the nearby town of Seldwyla, with a silver cloud hovering over it.
Manz says that the people in Seldwyla cook well, and Marti tells them that someone, a black violinist, came to see him about the fallow land. He has also been to see Manz. Both have been asked whether they would like to use the land until it is clear who really owns the field.
Both have refused to prepare the overgrown land for others. They suggest that it should be sold and the proceeds put aside until an owner is found. They agree that the sale is better, as the land has been lying fallow for a long time, and nobody in the village has any claim to it. Nobody knows what happened to the children of the deceased trumpeter who used to own the land.
Marti doubts that the black violinist is a grandson of the trumpeter. Even if he was, the fiddler would only be wasting his inheritance.
Manz agrees with him and explains that it is difficult. No one can be sure that he is really related. They also do not want to create unnecessary problems in their community.
After eating together, the farmers return to their work. The children decide to explore the wild field, which is full of weeds and stones. They stroll hand in hand through the greenery, play with the plants, and finally sit down in the shade.
The girl dresses her doll with leaves that form a green, jagged skirt. She further adorns the doll with a red poppy bonnet and a belt of small red berries. She places the doll in the thistle and admires it.
The boy becomes impatient and throws the doll down, destroying its beautiful jewelry.
The girl undresses the doll to dress it again.
The boy grabs the doll, throws it up and catches it again, while the girl tries in vain to catch it. In doing so, he accidentally tears a hole in the doll's leg. Bran trickles out. The boy is fascinated by the hole and tries to enlarge it to get the bran out.
When the girl realizes this, she is horrified.
The boy shows her the doll's leg, lets the bran fly into the girl's face, and runs away while the girl begs him to stop. He runs away until the doll's entire leg hangs empty and scrawny.
Then the boy throws the broken doll down and pretends that nothing has happened.
The girl cries, picks up the doll, and wraps it in her apron. She looks at the doll and cries again because the leg is only hanging loosely from the body.
When the boy realizes how much she is crying, he feels bad and stands there repentant.
The girl stops crying and hits him with the doll, and he pretends that it hurts him.
