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Beware of pity / Stefan Zweig ; translated by Phyllis and Trevor Blewitt

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Zweig, Stefan, (1881-1942)

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Illinois : Northwestern University Press , 1998, c1939.Description: xiv, 353 p. ; 20 cmISBN:

9780810113305

Uniform titles:

Ungeduld des Herzens . English

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DDC classification:

FIC ZWE

Summary: The main action is set in 1914, in the months leading up to World War I. Pushed on by circumstances and caught between the polarities of his life as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army and his acquaintance with a wealthy local family, Hofmiller consents to an engagement with Edith, the crippled daughter who loves him. He denies the news of his engagement to his comrades. His weakness of character and his selfish and superficial pity for Edith and her father, his fear of making decisions and his inability of facing the consequences, drive the woman to commit suicide and break her father's heart.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC ZWE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		025960

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The main action is set in 1914, in the months leading up to World War I. Pushed on by circumstances and caught between the polarities of his life as an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army and his acquaintance with a wealthy local family, Hofmiller consents to an engagement with Edith, the crippled daughter who loves him. He denies the news of his engagement to his comrades. His weakness of character and his selfish and superficial pity for Edith and her father, his fear of making decisions and his inability of facing the consequences, drive the woman to commit suicide and break her father's heart.

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