In M-, an important town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise of O-, a lady of excellent reputation and mother of several well-bred children, had the following announcement published in the newspapers:\u00a0 that she had, without knowing the cause, come to find herself in an interesting condition, that she wished the father of the child she was expecting to present himself;\u00a0 and that she was resolved, out of consideration for her family, to marry him.<\/p>\n
The Marquise of O-<\/em>, Heinrich Von Kleist (Translated by Martin Greenberg)<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n I started reading this story because it was recommended in a book about writing, but I continued it after the opening line because I wanted to know whether the father would turn up and how he would prove his paternity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In M-, an important town in northern Italy, the widowed Marquise of O-, a lady of excellent reputation and mother of several well-bred children, had the following announcement published in the newspapers:\u00a0 that she had, without knowing the cause, come to find herself in an interesting condition, that she wished the father of the child … <\/p>\n