# Mikaeli Kohlhas

By Heinrich von Kleist.

"Mikaeli Kohlhas: Saksalainen tapakomedia Lutheruksen ajoilta" by Heinrich von Kleist is a novella published in 1810. When a horse trader's animals are unlawfully seized by a nobleman, he seeks justice through legal channels—only to find the courts corrupted by aristocratic influence. After his wife dies attempting to deliver a petition, Kohlhaas abandons the law and begins a violent campaign of vengeance. This tale of betrayed justice escalates from a simple property dispute into an explosive confrontation between one man's moral outrage and the established order. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: Finnish
- Subjects: Historical fiction; Revolutionaries -- Fiction; Germany -- History -- 1517-1648 -- Fiction

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