Hands Around (Reigen) A Cycle of Ten Dialogues (Classic Reprint)

Arthur Schnitzler

ISBN 10: 1331899621 / ISBN 13: 9781331899624

Published by Forgotten Books, 2018

About this Item

Print on Demand. This book explores the intricate dance of love and desire through a series of intimate dialogues between ten distinct pairs. The author, drawing inspiration from the sophisticated and often licentious literature of 18th-century France, delves into the complexities of human relationships within the decadent and fading aristocratic world of late 19th-century Vienna. The dialogues, ranging from encounters between a prostitute and a soldier to a young wife and her husband, reveal the hidden desires, unspoken truths, and emotional complexities that lie beneath the surface of seemingly polite society. Through these nuanced conversations, the author unveils the hypocrisy and fleeting nature of passion, highlighting the tragedy of unfulfilled desires even within the context of seemingly perfect love. Ultimately, this book provides a captivating glimpse into the delicate and often treacherous world of courtship and its impact on the human psyche. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hands Around (Reigen) A Cycle of Ten Dialogues (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331899621
• ISBN 13: 9781331899624
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • Drama

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Synopsis

Excerpt from Hands Around (Reigen) A Cycle of Ten Dialogues: Completely Rendered Into English, Authorized Translation

Humanity seems gayest when dancing on the brink of a volcano. The culture of a period pre ceding a social cataclysm is marked by a spirit of light wit and sophisticated elegance which finds expression in a literature of a distinct type. This literature is light-hearted, audacious and self-con scious. It can treat with the most charming in souciance subjects which in another age would have been awkward or even vulgar. But with the riper experience of a period approaching its end the writers feel untrammeled in the choice of theme by pride or prejudice knowing that they will never transgress the line of good taste.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.