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The Earthquake in Chile

on BBC Radio 3

A short story by HEINRICH VON KLEIST translated by DAVID LUKE and NIGEL REEVES
Read by Robert Lang
An earthquake which devastates Santiago in 1647 reunites two young lovers. The survivors' indignation ,at the moral outrage the lovers commit shows human nature to be even more destructive than the natural disaster.
Producer ANTHONY vivis

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Story By:
Heinrich von Kleist
Translated By:
David Luke
Translated By:
Nigel Reeves
Read By:
Robert Lang

BBC Radio 3

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