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The Governess and Other Stories
โ Scribed by Stefan Zweig
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 122 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
This is new selection of novellas, translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell. Exploring disillusionment, as well as the conflicting forces of belief and art, love and obsession, these stories exhibit the extraordinary psychological insight that typifies Zweig's best work.
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