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In 1913 a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance - his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweig's only novel is a devastating depiction of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love, realised against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Beware of Pity, Stefan Zweig
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- Released
- 2013
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- Title
- Beware of Pity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stefan Zweig
- Publisher
- Pushkin press
- Released
- 2013
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1908968370
- ISBN13
- 9781908968371
- Series
- First published
- 1939
- Original title
- Ungeduld des Herzens
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- In 1913 a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance - his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweig's only novel is a devastating depiction of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love, realised against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.