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Twenty-four Hours in a Woman's Life

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

221K01

This book is a collection of short stories and short stories by the famous Austrian writer Zweig, including such masterpieces as "Letter from a Strange Woman" and "The Burning Secret". Zweig's novels have meticulous psychological descriptions, dramatic structures, and concise and beautiful language. The story tells the story of a lady from a distinguished family who had an unexplained adventure when she was forty-two years old. She was magically obsessed with the hand of a gambler in a casino and spent the night with him. This twenty-four-hour experience has been haunting her like a nightmare ever since, tormenting her until her later years.

A Letter from a Strange Woman

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

206K0

"The Catcher of the Soul" is Zweig's masterpiece of short stories and short stories. A new authoritative translation, a literal translation of the original German version, translated by Pang Wenwei, associate professor and director of the Teaching and Research Section of the German Department of Tongji University. "I only have you in this world, you who know nothing about me and are a stranger. You have never recognized me, but I have always loved you." "Letter from a Strange Woman" is a world-renowned work by "The Catcher of the Soul" Zweig. I love you and it has nothing to do with you. They grow in love and perish in love, but love lasts forever.

When the Human Stars Shine

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

145K0

"When the Stars of Mankind Shine" is a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It intercepts the shining moments of great figures such as Mohammed II, Napoleon, Goethe, and Nietzsche to show their impact on a person's life and death, the survival of a nation, and even the fate of the entire human race. The moment when the stars shine does not come often, but there is no doubt that in our time it is coming. Zweig used his lofty and fiery words to describe the moments when the stars shine, and these moments also bloomed with more dazzling brilliance because of him.

The Story of Chess: Selected Novels and Short Stories by Zweig

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

110K0

When you are in adversity and your life is at a loss, you must read "The Story of Chess"! On the large passenger ship sailing from New York, USA to the capital of Argentina, the world chess masters champion Centovic stole the show. He is a god in the minds of many chess enthusiasts - all passengers who play chess with him are mercilessly crushed by his three moves and two moves. However, when the figure of "Dr. B" appeared among the onlookers, the situation suddenly reversed. He thoughtfully and quietly gave instructions to his players until he succeeded in killing Centovic every step of the way. Witnessing all this, I became extremely curious about "Dr. When the pressure was so great that he was about to collapse, he accidentally obtained a compilation of chess games, memorized 150 chess games by heart, and began to play the game with himself in his mind. This honed his superb chess skills, and also made him often fall into anxiety and madness...

Twenty-four Hours in a Woman's Life: Selections from Zweig's Novels

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

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"Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life: Selected Novels by Zweig" is a collection of short stories and short stories by the famous Austrian writer Zweig, including such masterpieces as "Letter from a Strange Woman" and "The Searing Secret". His writing style is clear and delicate, with passionate emotion in the silence and pathos in his writing. It writes a woman's passionate confession at the end of her life, telling the beauty, pathos and determination of secret love. It accurately presents the deep-rooted and beautiful secret love of a strange woman, as well as the subtle, passionate and fiery psychological emotions.

Letter from an Unknown Woman (bilingual Translation Lin)

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

280K0

The short story "Letter from a Strange Woman" is one of Zweig's masterpieces. A man received a letter without a signature or address on his forty-first birthday. A dying woman told an unforgettable love story, but the hero of the story, the man who received the letter, knew nothing about it. The story begins eighteen years ago. The moment she first met a man, she was still a child. Later, she experienced the obsession of a girl, the passion of youth, and even became a prostitute. However, she never changed her love for the man, and she did not decide to confess her love until her death. This book is a collection of Zweig's short stories. In addition to "Letter from a Strange Woman", it also includes such famous pieces as "The Invisible Collection" and "The Story of Chess".

Chess Story

Chess Story

General Fiction

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

45K0

"The Story of Chess" is a novel written only three days before the end of Austrian writer Zweig's life, and it is also his true masterpiece. Because he was deeply influenced by Freud, Zweig was very good at psychological description and was known as the "hunter of the human soul". The novel tells the story of an amateur chess player who defeats a talented player. This amateur chess player had almost never played real chess; he accidentally stole a chess book when he was under fascist supervision. Since then, this book has become his only spiritual sustenance. He studied chess books crazily and even split into two selves playing chess in his mind. In the endless time and extremely limited space, he could only use this method to relieve the huge pain in his soul. In this work, Zweig truly presents the psychological changes that occur after people are imprisoned physically and deprived of their spiritual life.

Twenty-four Hours in a Woman's Life

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

42K0

This book is a novella written by the famous Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It is also a classic as famous as "Letter from a Strange Woman". Mrs. C is a British lady with silver hair and extraordinary bearing. No one could have imagined that this old lady who usually just read and played the piano quietly by herself would always be bound by an old event in her heart. At the age of forty-two, Mrs. C escaped from her empty and depressed life alone. In a casino in Monte Carlo, she met a lost young man who had lost all his property and was desperately preparing to die. Whether driven by some noble feelings or a momentary passion, Mrs. C tried to save this man whose name she didn't even know... In twenty-four hours, she experienced crazy love and tragic loss. This short twenty-four hours was a rare indulgence in her life, and it also led her to complete the redemption of facing herself.

Fear

Fear

General Fiction

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

57K0

Zweig, the world's master of short stories, is a suffocating female psychological novel that carefully analyzes the inner world of "strangers in marriage". "Professor who knows best about love" Liang Yong'an's 10,000-word long article introduction to "writer who knows best about women" Zweig: while expressing the sadness of the world, he also has "Zweig's warmth and kindness". "Fear" is an indispensable piece of Zweig's female psychological literature puzzle: burning secrets, climax suspense, suffocating fear... Zweig digs holes in women's hearts, but in order to set them free! "Fear" was written in 1925. By describing an upper-class young woman, Irena, who had an extramarital affair with a pianist, she was afraid of being discovered by her husband and losing her noble status. This caused the heroine to rethink her own destiny and life, and expressed Zweig's contempt and ridicule for the frivolous and decadent upper-class life at that time. "Fear" is known for its profound, detailed and fascinating psychological description. Together with Zweig's masterpieces "Letter from a Strange Woman" and "Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life", it is hailed as a masterpiece in describing female psychology.

A Letter from a Strange Woman

(austrian) Stefan Zweig

129K04

Only this novel in the history of literature successfully portrays a woman's secret love psychology! In the eyes of Romain Rolland, he is the "hunter of human souls" and the shaper of the "soul history" of many characters in the real and artistic worlds! Only this book in the history of literature successfully portrays a woman's secret love psychology! Gorky commented: "Until Zweig, no one had ever described women with rare tenderness and sympathy."