Kurzbeschreibung Heinrich Lee, ein Zürcher Muttersöhnchen, das wegen der Farbe seines Wamses "grüner Heinrich" genannt wird, will Maler werden. Doch sein Lebensweg erweist sich als sehr In der Liebe ist er zwischen der sinnlichen Judith und der fragilen Anna hin- und hergerissen, in der Malerei zwischen realistischer und phantastischer Kunst. Mit großen Erwartungen gelangt der Schweizer Bürgersohn schließlich nach München. Doch seine Poetisierung der Realität wird ihm durch erniedrigende Erfahrungen als Gelegenheitsarbeiter gründlich ausgetragen. Er sagt sich von der Malerei los und kehrt desillusioniert in seine Heimatstadt zurück. - Gerade in der hier vorliegenden Erstfassung besticht dieser große (Anti-)Bildungsroman durch seine Unmittelbarkeit und lyrische Intensität. Über den Autor Gottfried Keller (1819 - 1890) gilt als Schweizer Pendant zu Theodor Fontane. Weltberühmt ist vor allem sein Novellenzyklus 'Die Leute aus Seldwyla'.

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Green Henry is a vivid and absorbing representation of Gottfried Keller's ideals and philosophy, written in poetic language and a realistic style that documents the emergence of an artist and the development of a man. Partly autobiographical, the narrative recounts the experiences of the title character (green after the color of clothing he always wears) through confinement and ostracism at boarding school, apprenticeship with a painter in Munich, his divided affection for two women, and the acceptance of his duty toward his country and fellow citizens. First published in 1855, and substantially revised in 1879, Green Henry is infused with the author's imaginative responsiveness to beauty and deep understanding of the human soul. Admired by Nietzsche (who called Keller the only living German writer) and included by Harold Bloom in The Western Canon, it is one of the undisputed masterpieces of world literature.