Beware of Pity

von Stefan Zweig

448 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Lieutenant Anton Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed far from home, is invitedto a lavish party at the mansion of a rich Hungarian landowner, Lajos. In a world of luxuriousliving far removed from the bare life at the barracks, Anton meets Edith, the daughter of the host,and spontaneously asks her for a dance. When he realizes a sickness has left her crippled for life,deep compassion for her overtakes him, leading Edith to fall in love with him. Soon Anton isdrawn into a vortex of events and emotions quite unforeseen, as pity and guilt inexorably implicatehim in a well-meaning intention that tragically goes wrong

• Themen: Belletristik Allgemein, nicht nach Genre
• ISBN: 9788129151230
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.02.2018
• Größe: 203 x 127 mm
• Verlag: Rupa Publication