Arthur Schnitzler

Doppio sogno

Der Arzt Fridolin und seine Frau Albertine führen eine scheinbar glückliche Ehe. Doch unter der Oberfläche brodeln unterdrückte erotische Begehren, die sich in der Form abstruser Träume und irrationaler Handlungen einen Weg an die Oberfläche bahnen. Das gemeinsame Glück wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt. In der psychologisch tiefgründigen Erzählung befasst sich Schnitzler mit der menschlichen Triebnatur und gesellschaftlichen Konventionen, die das Ausleben verborgener Begierden in ein vorgegebenes Wertekorsett zwängen. Der österreichische Erzähler und Dramatiker Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) gehört zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern der Wiener Moderne. Bis heute fasziniert die „Traumnovelle“, wovon zahlreiche wissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzungen und Verfilmungen zeugen.

Traumnovelle

Fräulein Else is the story of a young woman who, while staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, receives a telegram from her mother begging her to save her father from debtor's jail by approaching an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money from him. Else is forced into the reality of a world entirely at odds with her romantic imagination, with horrific consequences.

Fräulein Else

First English publication of a recently rediscovered novella by one of the greatest European writers One seemingly ordinary evening, Eduard Saxberger arrives home to find the fulfilment of a long-forgotten wish in his sitting room: a visitor has come to tell him that the youth of Vienna have discovered his poetic genius. Saxberger has written nothing for thirty years, yet he now realises that he is more than merely an Unremarkable Civil Servant, after all: a Venerable Poet, for whom Late Fame is inevitable - if, that is, his new acolytes are to be believed... Arthur Schnitzler was one of the most admired, provocative European writers of the twentieth century. The Nazis attempted to burn all of his work, but his archive was miraculously saved, and with it, Late Fame. Never published before, it is a treasure, a perfect satire of literary self-regard and charlatanism. Arthur Schnitzler (b. 1862 in Vienna) was one of the most influential European writers of the twentieth century, perhaps best known here for his novellas Dream Story and Fräulein Else. He qualified as a doctor but was increasingly driven to a career in writing, resulting in several celebrated plays, novellas and novels which explore the great existential subjects of the modern age: relationships, love, sex, ageing and death. Because his work dealt with subjects considered taboo, he frequently attracted the hostility of the authorities, consequently losing his position as Chief Medic in the Reserve Army and being tried for disorderly conduct. Schnitzler was close friends with Stefan Zweig and Sigmund Freud, who both admired him greatly, and a member of the 'Young Vienna' circle of writers who regularly met at a café nicknamed 'Café Megalomania' - the very same clique and café he satirises so deliciously in Late Fame. Schnitzler died in 1931. Pushkin Press also publishes his novellas Fräulein Else, Dying and Casanova's Return to Venice.

Late Fame

In Dream Story, a married couple are first traumatized and then achieve a new depth of understanding by confessing to each other their sexual fantasies, dream-like adventures and might-have-beens. Taking us on a guided tour of Vienna's seedy cafés, red-light district, decadent villas, hospitals and morgue, Schnitzler brilliantly uncovers the violence and depravity lurking beneath the surface of civilized society. Like his Viennese contemporary Sigmund Freud, the doctor and writer Arthur Schnitzler was a bold pioneer in exploring the dark tangled roots of human sexuality.

Dream Story

Lieutenant Gustl (Sun and Moon Classics)

Die "Traumnovelle" um die Nöte des einander entfremdeten Ehepaars Fridolin und Albertine hat Schnitzler nach einem qualvollen Arbeitsprozess 1925 fertig gestellt. Die Möglichkeit einer ausgeglichenen, durch wechselseitige Offenheit gefestigten Gemeinschaft von Mann und Frau wird in der Novelle offenbar bejaht: Obwohl Albertine davon träumte, ihren Ehemann lachend zu betrügen und ihn foltern zu lassen, und trotz Fridolins rachsüchtiger Suche nach sexuellen Abenteuern im nächtlichen Wien, finden die Eheleute wieder zusammen und sind am Ende "einander traumlos nah". Text aus Reclams Universal-Bibliothek mit Seitenzählung der gedruckten Ausgabe.

Reclams Universal-Bibliothek

Quien habla así es Fridolin, un joven médico vienés, acomodado, felizmente casado y padre de una niña, que durante unos carnavales se siente misteriosamente arrastrado hacia lo desconocido, un mundo a medio camino entre el sueño y la vigilia, en el que, a

Relato soñado

La signorina Else

A new printing of the popular novel by Schnitzler.

Lieutenant Gustl

The greatest of all lovers comes back to his greatest love

Casanova's Return to Venice

Anthea Bell

When Marie realises, with horror, that Felix is intent on making her fulfill her rash vow to die with him, she is left with a terrible conundrum: how can she escape with her life without compromising the self-imposed decorum of attending to the wishes of her dying lover? Schnitzler's talent as a dramatist shines through in this engrossing and shocking psychological study set in fin de siecle Vienna. Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components.The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified."

Dying

Fuga nelle tenebre

None But the Brave

A hilarious takedown of celebrity and false genius, never before available in the US. An NYRB Classics Original Eduard Saxberger is a quiet man who is getting on in years and has spent the better part of them working at a desk in an office. Once upon a time, however, he published a book of poetry, Wanderings, and one day when he returns from his usual walk he finds a young man waiting for him. “Are you,” he wants to know, “Saxberger the poet?” Is Saxberger Saxberger the poet? Was he ever a poet? A real poet? Saxberger hasn’t written a poem for years, but he begins to frequent the coffee shops of Vienna with his young admirer and his no less admiring circle of friends, and as he does he begins to yearn for a different life from the daily round followed by rounds of drinks and billiards with familiar buddies like Grossinger, the deli owner. And the ardent attentions of Fräulein Gasteiner, the tragedienne, are not entirely unwelcome. The Hope of Young Vienna is how the young artists style themselves, and they are arranging an event that will introduce them to the world. They insist that the distinguished author of Wanderings take part in it as well. Will he write something new for the occasion? Will he at last receive his due? Late Fame, an unpublished novella recently rediscovered in the papers of the great turn-of-the-century Austrian playwright and novelist Arthur Schnitzler, is a bittersweet parable of hope lost and found.

Sergio Tellaroli

Mais próxima dos contos aterrorizantes de E. T. A. HOffmann do que da teoria psicanalítica de Freud, esta pequena obra-prima do escritor vienense Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) é antes de mais nada uma história de horror em que o sexo acaba se revelando um jogo amoroso com a morte. Certa noite, durante uma troca de confidências, uma mulher provoca ou seduz o marido ao lhe contar uma fantasia sexual que teve no passado. TRanstornado pelo ciúme, o marido, um jovem médico, sai no meio da noite para atender ao chamado de um paciente à beira da morte e se vê enredado, a partir daí, numa aventura mórbida e erótica em que a vida estará sempre por um fio. Stanley Kubrick, que se baseou nesta novela de Schnitzler para realizar o último filme de sua vida - De olhos bem fechados -, definiu Breve romance de sonho como uma história sobre o medo.

Breve romance de sonho

Nachdem der Vater, ein Oberstleutnant mit italienischen Wurzeln, frühzeitig in den Ruhestand geschickt wird, zieht die Familie Fabiani nach Salzburg. Da trifft Therese auf Alfred Nüllheim, einen Schulkameraden von Thereses Bruder Karl, der ihre erste Liebe wird. Dieser zieht bald nach Wien, um Medizin zu studieren, bittet davor aber Therese, auf ihn zu warten, um ihn nach Studienabschluss zu heiraten. Thereses Vater erkrankt bald und wird in einer psychiatrischen Klinik hospitalisiert, wo er kurze Zeit später verstirbt. Die Mutter, von altem aber verarmtem kroatischem Adel abstammend, verdient daraufhin den Lebensunterhalt durch das Schreiben von kitschigen Feuilletonromanen. Um eine gesicherte Existenz zu haben, will sie die Tochter an einen alten Grafen verkuppeln, was Therese ablehnt. Als sich Therese in einen jungen Leutnant verliebt und sich mit diesem in eine Liebesbeziehung einlässt, erfährt das Alfred an seinem Studienort. Er beschimpft die Freundin brieflich. Bald entpuppt sich der Leutnant als untreuer Gefährte. Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) war ein österreichischer Arzt, Erzähler und Dramatiker. Er gilt als Schriftsteller als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter der Wiener Moderne.

Therese

La signora Berta Garlan

F. H. Lyon

A romantic young woman finds herself confronted by a moral dilemma - with tragic consequences

Arthur Schnitzler

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