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The Earthquake in Chile

BBC Radio 3
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A short story by HEINRICH VON KLEIST translated by DAVID LUKI 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 Luki
Translated By:
Nigel Reeves
Read By:
Robert Lang
Producer:
Anthony Vivis
Source: Radio Times

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