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    Fräulein Else

    Part of Pushkin Collection

    Author Arthur Schnitzler
    Translated by F.H. Lyon
    Ebook
    Pushkin Press
    On sale Feb 24, 1998 | 112 Pages | 9781908968722
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    While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor's jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.
    Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) was born in Vienna, the son of a prominent Jewish doctor, and studied medicine at the University of Vienna. In later years he devoted his life to writing and was successful as a novelist, dramatist and short story writer—His novels Dying and Casanova’s Return to Venice are also available from Pushkin Press. Schnitzler's work shows a remarkable ability to create atmosphere and a profound understanding of human motives.
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    "Schnitzler's brilliant novella." - Desmond Christy, Guardian

    "Schnitzler was a remarkable and versatile talent who adapted for his artistic purposes both the new techniques of psychoanalysis and what was later to be known as the stream of consciousness." - John Bayley, Times Literary Supplement

    "What makes it a tour de force is that the story is old, in a superbly sustained stream-of-consciousness, entirely from Else's point of view." - Gilbert Adair, Evening Standard

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    While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor's jail. The only way out, it seems, is to approach an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Through this telegram, Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination – with horrific consequences.

    Author

    Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) was born in Vienna, the son of a prominent Jewish doctor, and studied medicine at the University of Vienna. In later years he devoted his life to writing and was successful as a novelist, dramatist and short story writer—His novels Dying and Casanova’s Return to Venice are also available from Pushkin Press. Schnitzler's work shows a remarkable ability to create atmosphere and a profound understanding of human motives.
    Arthur Schnitzler View titles by Arthur Schnitzler

    Praise

    "Schnitzler's brilliant novella." - Desmond Christy, Guardian

    "Schnitzler was a remarkable and versatile talent who adapted for his artistic purposes both the new techniques of psychoanalysis and what was later to be known as the stream of consciousness." - John Bayley, Times Literary Supplement

    "What makes it a tour de force is that the story is old, in a superbly sustained stream-of-consciousness, entirely from Else's point of view." - Gilbert Adair, Evening Standard

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