Heinrich von Kleist

The Marquise of O is a novella by Heinrich von Kleist on the subject of forced seduction. It was first published in 1808.

The Prince of Homburg is a play by Heinrich von Kleist written in 1809–10, but not performed until 1821, after the author's death. A performance during his lifetime was not possible because Princess Marianne of Prussia, by birth a member of the Hesse-Homburg family, to whom Kleist had given sight of the work with a …