Beware of Pity

In 1913 a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance – his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous hope. Stefan Zweig's novel is a devastating depiction of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love, against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Informationen zum Autor Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was born in Vienna! into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator! then as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely! living in Salzburg between the wars! and was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman! Amok and Fear. In 1934! with the rise of Nazism! he moved to London! where he wrote his only novel Beware of Pity. He later moved on to Bath! taking British citizenship after the outbreak of the Second World War. With the fall of France in 1940 Zweig left Britain for New York! before settling in Brazil! where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide. Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press. Klappentext A poignant portrayal of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love, realised against the backdrop of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A beautiful translation of the only novel written by one of the most popular authors of the 20th Century. A new paperback edition of the only novel written by one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century, translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell. Zusammenfassung A new paperback edition of the only novel written by one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century! translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell.

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A new paperback edition of the only novel written by one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century, translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell.

Auteur

Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was born in Vienna, into a wealthy Austrian-Jewish family. He studied in Berlin and Vienna and was first known as a poet and translator, then as a biographer. Zweig travelled widely, living in Salzburg between the wars, and was an international bestseller with a string of hugely popular novellas including Letter from an Unknown Woman, Amok and Fear.
In 1934, with the rise of Nazism, he moved to London, where he wrote his only novel Beware of Pity. He later moved on to Bath, taking British citizenship after the outbreak of the Second World War. With the fall of France in 1940 Zweig left Britain for New York, before settling in Brazil, where in 1942 he and his wife were found dead in an apparent double suicide.
Much of his work is available from Pushkin Press.

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A poignant portrayal of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love, realised against the backdrop of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A beautiful translation of the only novel written by one of the most popular authors of the 20th Century.