LE SETTE LEGGENDE E ALTRE NOVELLE | I EDIZ. TEA 1988 | GOFFRIED KELLER

Gottfried Keller’s Le sette leggende e altre novelle (Italian edition, 1988, TEA) presents a selection of short stories by the Swiss writer, a major figure in 19th-century German-language literature. Known for his mastery of poetic realism, Keller weaves allegory, irony, and moral questioning into tales that often draw on folklore and everyday life. The collection reflects on love, destiny, and social order, while also interrogating the tension between individual desires and communal values. With symbolic depth and stylistic precision, these stories reveal Keller’s effort to balance narrative tradition with subtle philosophical reflection, situating him as a central voice in European realism.