In this story, the central characters hear about a man who was hanged on makeshift gallows afterbeing mistaken for a looter by the owner of a burning house. The cobbler Pedrillo is responsible forthe final death in this story, which occurs after the sword of naval officer Don Alonzo is used to killseven members of an angry mob. Felipe is raised as the nobleman (*) Fernando Ormez's son at the endof this story, in which Pedrillo murders another infant, Juan, shortly after the protagonist and DonnaCostanza are killed with a club by the protagonist's father. The title event interrupts the jailhouse suicideof Jeronimo Rugero and postpones the beheading of Josephe Asteron, a Carmelite nun who had givenbirth on the steps of the local cathedral. For 10 points, name this short story about a natural diaster byHeinrich von K
In this story, the central characters hear about a man who was hanged on makeshift gallows afterbeing mistaken for a looter by the owner of a burning house. The cobbler Pedrillo is responsible forthe final death in this story, which occurs after the sword of naval officer Don Alonzo is used to killseven members of an angry mob. Felipe is raised as the nobleman (*) Fernando Ormez's son at the endof this story, in which Pedrillo murders another infant, Juan, shortly after the protagonist and DonnaCostanza are killed with a club by the protagonist's father. The title event interrupts the jailhouse suicideof Jeronimo Rugero and postpones the beheading of Josephe Asteron, a Carmelite nun who had givenbirth on the steps of the local cathedral. For 10 points, name this short story about a natural diaster byHeinrich von Kleist.
In this story, the central characters hear about a man who was hanged on makeshift gallows afterbeing mistaken for a looter by the owner of a burning house.
"The Earthquake in Chile" [or "Das Erdbeben in Chili"]