Selected Short Fiction

Posted on 03 April 2018 by Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler is best known for his plays, such as La Ronde and The Game of Love, but his short fiction, in which the pulse of early twentieth century Vienna can be felt as in no other writer, is no less masterly Characteristic of this observer of the late Habsburg world of balls, adultery and duels is an ironic, bitter sweet tone reminiscent of another doctor turned writer, Anton Chekhov Schnitzler s intuitive understanding of the human psyche was much admired by his contemporary Sigmund Freud, and the primary focus of his stories is on the volatile, turbulent inner lives of his characters as revealed in dreams, unconscious sexual impulses, and psychopathic states This volume containing thirteen stories provides the balanced selection of Schnitzler s short fiction that has long been needed It ranges from short comic tales to dense novellas such as Lieutenant Gustl, Fr ulein Else, and the superbly atmospheric late, dramatic tale of love and sudden death The Duellist s Second Some narratives as told, for instance, by a deluded bank clerk, or the jealous admirer of another man s wife are distinctly ambivalent in implication others feature characters in threshold situations which force them to reappraise their entire lives.These stories, a number of them translated into English for the first time, brilliantly display the social and psychological awareness of their author, whom today s reader is likely to find distinctly modern.Contents His Royal Highness is in the House Flowers The Wise Man s Wife Dead Men Tell No Tales Lieutenant Gustl Andreas Thameyer s Farewell Letter Success The Green Cravat An Eccentric The Grecian Dancer The Prophecy Fr ulein Else The Duellist s Second. New Download Selected Short Fiction [ By ] Arthur Schnitzler [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr A gorgeous collection of stories rendered with nostalgic melancholy yet compassionate awareness of the fragility of life and love in fin de siecle Vienna the golden age of confluence of centuries of European cultural erudition.The psychological power and gossamer subtlety of Schnitzler s vision is a product of introspective qualia, and his experiments with associative interior evocations precedes the surrealistic coterie of writers by a tleast two generations Lieutenant Gustl is a sublime A gorgeous collection of stories rendered with nostalgic melancholy yet compassionate awareness of the fragility of life and love in fin de siecle Vienna the golden age of confluence of centuries of European cultural erudition.T...Superb.

English
03 April 2018

Arthur Schnitzler