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Lifetime: 1862 - 1931 Passed: ≈ 93 years ago

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Arthur Schnitzler

Books by Arthur Schnitzler

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Casanovas Heimfahrt

Romance Adventure Novel
Abenteuer Liebe Heimkehr Vergangenheit Duell Venedig

Casanova, 53 Jahre alt, träumt von der Rückkehr in seine Heimatstadt Venedig. Nachdem ihm die Verbannung angedroht wurde, macht er sich auf den Heimweg und trifft unterwegs auf Olivo, den Ehemann einer seiner früheren Geliebten. Dieser lädt Casanova...

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Sterben

Fiction Drama Tragedy
Love Suicide Mortality Philosophy of death Hypochondria

Felix, a hypochondriac, believes he is terminally ill and seeks a second medical opinion. The diagnosis confirms his worst fears, giving him only a year to live. Desperate, he and his lover Marie contemplate suicide. However, Felix's initial reluctan...

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Weissagung

Fantasy Fiction Drama Mystery
Dream Mystery Children Fate Supernatural Destiny Theatre Theater Prophecy Vision Reincarnation Symbolic Premonition Intuition Unexplained Past Life Amateur Theater Summer Playhouse Rothaired Woman Coincidence

The play within the play is set in a castle, where a group of friends gather to perform a play on a lawn. The main character, Freiherr von Umprecht, is a man who has had a prophetic vision of his own death. He sees himself lying on a bier, surrounded...

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Leutnant Gustl

Drama
Honor Novela Monólogo interior Militarismo Suicidio Viena

La historia sigue al teniente Gustl, un joven oficial del ejército austrohúngaro, que se ve involucrado en una discusión con un panadero después de un concierto. El panadero insulta a Gustl, llamándolo "niño tonto", y Gustl, que no puede desafiarlo a...

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Traumnovelle

Fiction Drama Psychology
Marriage Dream Desire Betrayal Psychoanalysis Sexuality Subconscious Modernism Night City Unconscious Inner world Vienna Repression Fantasies Austrian literature

Traumnovelle, a novella by Arthur Schnitzler, delves into the complexities of a seemingly harmonious marriage in early 20th-century Vienna. The story unfolds through the perspectives of Fridolin, a physician, and his wife, Albertine. Their marriage,...

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Fräulein Else

Drama Novel Tragedy
19th century Sacrifice Social Class Blackmail Italy Moral Dilemma Family secrets Debt Vienna Financial ruin Social Pressure Sexual coercion

Fräulein Else is a psychological novel that explores the complex moral and social pressures faced by a young woman in 19th-century Vienna. Else, the daughter of a disgraced lawyer, finds herself thrust into a desperate situation when her father's fin...