The Works of Gottfried Keller
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On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of [Gottfried Keller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Keller) (1819 - 1890), I would like to propose the works of this Swiss novelist and poet for a reading challenge. Like Fontane, Keller is known as a representative of realism. He is best remembered as an author for novels, novellas and short stories, for example:

* *Der grüne Heinrich* (1855, revised 1879; English translation, *Green Henry* by A. M. Holt, 1960): important example of a [Bildungsroman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildungsroman);
* *Sieben Legenden* (English translation, [*Legends of Long Ago*](https://archive.org/details/legendsoflongago00kellrich/page/n6) by Charles Hart Handschin, 1911; also available as [*Seven Legends*](https://archive.org/details/sevenlegends00kelle/page/n8));
* *Die Leute von Seldwyla* (English translation: [*Seldwyla Folks*](https://novelonlinefull.com/novel/seldwyla_folks)): a collection of novellas which includes ["Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe"](https://archive.org/details/romeoundjuliaauf00kelluoft/page/n5) (turned into an opera by the British composer Frederick Delius: [*A Village Romeo and Juliet*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Village_Romeo_and_Juliet));
* *Martin Salander* (1886), his last novel.

The [Gottfried Keller Foundation](https://www.gottfried-keller-stiftung.ch/gks/en/home/gottfried-keller-stiftung-/the-gottfried-keller-foundation.html) in Switzerland was established in 1890.