The volume contains all the stories by Heinrich von Kleist: 'Michael Kohlhaas', 'The Marquise of O...', 'The Earthquake in Chile', 'The Engagement in Santo Domingo', 'The Beggar Woman of Locarno', 'The Foundling', 'The Duel', and 'Saint Cecilia or the Power of Music'. Additionally, it also gathers all the anecdotes, the two fables 'The Dogs and the Bird' and 'The Fable without a Moral', as well as the essays 'On the Puppet Theatre' and 'On the Gradual Formation of Thoughts while Speaking', providing a comprehensive overview of Kleist's prose. With an afterword by Walter Müller-Seidel.