Minna von Barnhelm

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Translated by Ernest Bell

57 chapters · about 2 h

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The opening

SCENE I.

Just

JUST (sitting in a corner, and talking while asleep). Rogue of a landlord! You treat us so? On, comrade! hit hard! (He strikes with his fist, and wakes through the exertion). Ha! there he is again! I cannot shut an eye without fighting with him. I wish he got but half the blows. Why, it is morning! I must just look for my poor master at once; if I can help it, he shall not set foot in the cursed house again. I wonder where he has passed the night?

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The words
Ernest Bell's English translation, copied word for word.
Left out
  • The source library's header, footer and license
  • The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
  • A preface, foreword or afterword

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