About This Book
A collection of short novellas portrays episodes among cultured social circles where amateur theatricals, casual encounters, and chance notices set private anxieties and desires into motion. Each story focuses on characters’ inward reflections triggered by performances, letters, or unexpected meetings, exposing tensions between public roles and inner life. Recurring concerns include artifice and authenticity, the fragile boundary between illusion and reality, and the surprising consequences of small events. The tone moves between observational detachment and psychological intimacy, with spare, precise scenes that reveal social manners and personal vulnerabilities.
About the Author
More Books by This Author
6 picks
Bertha Garlan
by Arthur Schnitzler
Casanova's Homecoming
by Arthur Schnitzler
Casanovas Heimfahrt
by Arthur Schnitzler
Der Mörder: Eine Novelle
by Arthur Schnitzler
Der Schleier der Pierrette: Pantomime in drei Bildern
by Arthur Schnitzler
Die griechische Tänzerin, und andere Novellen
by Arthur Schnitzler
You May Also Like
6 picks
Soll und Haben, Bd. 1 (2) / Roman in sechs Büchern
by Gustav Freytag
Zwei Prager Geschichten
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Tales from Gorky
by Maksim Gorky
Ensign Knightley, and Other Stories
by A. E. W. Mason
Häpeäpilkku
by Ludwig Anzengruber
A Young Man in a Hurry, and Other Short Stories
by Robert W. Chambers