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Der Sturm
Charles and Mary Lamb
In each language: The Tempest (Tales from Shakespeare) · Der Sturm · La tempestad · La Tempête · La tempesta
Twelve years after his treacherous brother Antonio took his dukedom, Prospero lives on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda. Served by the spirit Ariel and the ugly slave Caliban, he uses his magic to raise a storm that casts his enemies ashore.
In English, German, Spanish, French and Italian · about 4,000 words · 20–30 min to read.
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Es gab eine gewisse Insel im Meer, deren einzige Bewohner ein alter Mann namens Prospero und seine Tochter Miranda waren, eine sehr schöne junge Dame.
There was a certain island in the sea, the only inhabitants of which were an old man, whose name was Prospero, and his daughter Miranda, a very beautiful young lady.
Sie kam so jung auf diese Insel, dass sie keine Erinnerung daran hatte, je ein anderes menschliches Gesicht als das ihres Vaters gesehen zu haben.
She came to this island so young, that she had no memory of having seen any other human face than her father's.
Sie lebten in einer Höhle oder Zelle, die aus einem Felsen gehauen war; sie war in mehrere Räume unterteilt, von denen Prospero einen sein Arbeitszimmer nannte; dort bewahrte er seine Bücher auf, die hauptsächlich von Magie handelten, einer Wissenschaft, die zu jener Zeit von allen Gelehrten sehr geschätzt wurde: Und die Kenntnis dieser Kunst erwies sich für ihn als sehr nützlich; denn nachdem er durch einen seltsamen Zufall auf diese Insel verschlagen worden war, die von einer Hexe namens Sycorax verzaubert worden war, welche kurz vor seiner Ankunft dort gestorben war, befreite Prospero kraft seiner Kunst viele gute Geister, die Sycorax in den Körpern großer Bäume gefangen gehalten hatte, weil sie sich geweigert hatten, ihre bösen Befehle auszuführen.
They lived in a cave or cell, made out of a rock; it was divided into several apartments, one of which Prospero called his study; there he kept his books, which chiefly treated of magic, a study at that time much affected by all learned men: and the knowledge of this art he found very useful to him; for being thrown by a strange chance upon this island, which had been enchanted by a witch called Sycorax, who died there a short time before his arrival, Prospero, by virtue of his art, released many good spirits that Sycorax had imprisoned in the bodies of large trees, because they had refused to execute her wicked commands.
Languages
- The Tempest (Tales from Shakespeare) · English (original)4,007 words · ~20 min
- Der Sturm · GermanB2 Intermediate · 4,040 words · ~25 min
- La tempestad · SpanishB2 Intermediate · 3,928 words · ~25 min
- La Tempête · FrenchB2 Intermediate · 4,394 words · ~30 min
- La tempesta · ItalianB2 Intermediate · 3,843 words · ~25 min
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