The Earthquake in Chile (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Heinrich von Kleist
- First Published: 1807
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: 1647
- Setting: Santiago, Chile
- Principal Characters: Jeronimo Rugero, Donna Josephe Asteron, Philip, Don Fernando Ormez
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Tradition, Prisoners, Love or romance, Suicide, Capital punishment, Ethics, Disasters, Earthquakes, Natural disasters, Convents or nunneries
- Locales: Santiago, Chile
The Story
The story opens at the moment of a fatally destructive earthquake, just as the young Spaniard Jeronimo Rugero is about to hang himself in prison. Jeronimo despairs at the fate of his beloved, Donna Josephe, who on this day is to be beheaded for having borne a child on the steps of the cathedral while she was a novice in the Carmelite convent. Her father had sent her to the convent on learning of her secret love for her tutor, Jeronimo. Later, Jeronimo managed to gain access to the convent garden, where their love was consummated.
On hearing the bells...
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