Collected Stories: Part II

Table of Contents Fantastic night Downfall of a heart Confusion of emotions - Private records of the Privy Council R. v. D. Twenty-four hours from the life of a woman Buchmendel Leporella The equally unequal sisters - A "Conte drôlatique" Chess Novella Biography Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was born into a Jewish commercial family in Vienna. He created poetry, stories, plays, and essays, all of which were burned by the Nazis in 1933. He resided in Salzburg from 1919 until 1934, then moved to England and then to Brazil in 1941. His epic works, like his historical miniatures and biographical works, made him famous. He deliberately put up his life in Petrópolis, Brazil, on February 23, 1942.