Dream Story - format ePub

Scritti tra il 1891 e il 1907, i racconti di Schnitzler qui raccolti (La sposa promessa, Commediola, Eccentricità e Il fu Gabriel) hanno come tema dominante l’erotismo. Per Schnitzler il rapporto erotico...

Das geheimnisvolle, sinnliche Wien um 1900 bietet die Kulisse für die allermeisten Werke Arthur Schnitzlers. Die ‚Traumnovelle‘ und ‚Fräulein Else‘ sind zwei seiner sinnlichsten Texte und wahre Klassiker...

Der Witwer ist eine Novelle von Arthur Schnitzler ist eines der seltener gelesenen Werke von ihm, welches 1894 veröffentlicht wurde.

Der Andere: Aus dem Tagebuch eines Hinterbliebenen gehört zu den kürzeren Texten von Arthur Schnitzler. "Vor meinem Schreibpulte sitze ich; die Leuchter brennen... die Tür zu dem Zimmer, das einst das...

Arthur Schnitzler beschreibt in seinem Bestseller Traumnovelle die scheinbar harmonische Ehe des Arztes Fridolin und seiner Frau Albertine. Die gesicherte Ordnung der Ehe gerät in der Traumnovelle durch...

Die Geschichte einer Ehe, die aufgrund erotischer Träume auf die Probe gestellt wird: Der Arzt Fridolin und seine Frau Albertine sind ein scheinbar glückliches junges Ehepaar, doch auf einmal kommen ungestillte...

Ein historischer Roman über das Misslingen politischer Reformen und Ehe im 18. Jahrhundert: Der geschätzte Richter Albert Wogelein erschreckt mit seinen Reden gegen die Unterdrückung durch den Adel nicht...

Ein Klassiker der Moderne: In Form eines Monologs geschrieben, schildert die Novelle, wie die 19-jährige Else T. in ihrem Italienurlaub von der Mutter aufgefordert wird, den im selben Hotel wohnenden...

Eine tragische Geschichte über einen an Verfolgungswahn leidenden Mann: Als Robert erkennt, dass er psychisch erkrankt und Realität und Phantasie nicht mehr voneinander trennen kann, verlässt er seine...

Schnitzlers Bühnenwerk besteht aus zehn erotischen Dialogen, die nach dem Prinzip eines Reigen-Tanzes aufgebaut sind. Dabei reicht gleichsam immer eine Figur des jeweiligen Dialogs einer neuen Person...

“Dream Story” by Arthur Schnitzler was first published in German in 1926, this initial English translation by Otto P. Schinnerer first published in 1927, now pubic domain. Like his Viennese contemporary...

Uno scapolo ricco e malato scrive una lettera indirizzata a tre amici, da consegnarsi solo dopo la sua morte. Nove anni più tardi, i tre uomini in questione - un poeta, un dottore e un imprenditore -...

"E i morti ritornano, finché non li dimentichiamo." Il conflitto tra amore e morte accompagna in modo ossessivo il protagonista di "Fiori", che durante una passeggiata mattutina per le strade di Vienna...

Servendosi del monologo interiore, tecnica narrativa ai tempi ancora agli albori nel panorama della letteratura tedesca, Arthur Schnitzler delinea la figura del sottotenente Gustl e ne mette a nudo le...

In una notte rubata a una vita senza scosse, Emma ricerca la poesia nella passione di un abbraccio con il suo amante, vivendo la sua avventura ignara delle conseguenze cui il destino la metterà di fronte....

"Traumnovelle" selon le titre original allemand, "Rien qu'un rêve" ou "La Nouvelle rêvée" selon les traductions en français, est l'un des récits les plus captivants et les plus érotiques d'Arthur Schnitzler....

Else est une jeune fille de la bonne société viennoise. Pour sauver la famille de la ruine et du déshonneur, sa mère lui demande de solliciter un prêt auprès d’un riche marchand d’art qui est un vieil...

«Il était plus de minuit quand, après avoir brièvement pris congé de ses nouvelles connaissances, Casanova traversa seul la vaste place déserte sur laquelle pesait un ciel lumineux et sans étoiles. Guidé...

Voici l'aventurier de Venise qui rentre au bercail, le voici au soir de la vie aux prises avec ses derniers démons: ses désirs, son identité et... la jeune Marcolina. Épisode possible de la carrière finissante...

"Je n'éprouvais aucun remords, je ne regrettais rien. J'étais seulement ivre de liberté. Dès le premier soir j'étais loin, incroyablement loin. Cette femme qui avait dû tellement souffrir à son réveil,...

"Cette suite de scènes, si on les exhume dans quelques siècles, risque d'éclairer d'un jour particulier certains aspects de notre civilisation." (Schnitzler) 5 hommes, 5 femmes / durée : 2 h 30

La vie du vieux fonctionnaire Edouard Saxberger bascule le jour où un inconnu frappe à sa porte. C'est un jeune poète venu lui dire son admiration et celle de ses camarades pour l'unique oeuvre lyrique...

«Elle l’attira vers elle, se pressa contre lui; un désir douloureux monta du fond de l’âme de Béate et déborda sombrement dans celle d’Hugo. Et il sembla à tous deux que leur canot, qui pourtant était...

"Mourir" raconte la lente agonie et la mort de Félix, un jeune phtisique qui n’a près de lui que sa maîtresse, Marie. Apprenant qu’il ne lui reste plus qu’un an à vivre, il tente d’abord de faire face...

En dix scènes, dont la dernière recouvre la première, dix couples ont une brève liaison, chaque personnage apparaissant deux fois : A avec B, B avec C, et J avec A. Les milieux sociaux, les âges, les...

L'Autriche d'avant 1914 renaît encore une fois sous la plume de Schnitzler, pays insouciant et gai dont les valses couvrent de leurs sons langoureux trop de sanglots et de tragédies. "Les Dernières Cartes"...

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Die scheinbar harmonische Ehe des Arztes Fridolin und seiner Frau Albertine kränkelt. In einer von sexuellen Fantasien und Geschehnissen aufgeladenen sonderbaren Nacht und dem darauffolgenden Tag werden...

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