| Beware of Pity Contributor(s): Zweig, Stefan (Author) |
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ISBN: 8129151235 ISBN-13: 9788129151230 Publisher: Rupa Publication OUR PRICE: $21.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 8" (1.06 lbs) 448 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lieutenant Anton Hofmiller, an Austro-Hungarian cavalry officer stationed far from home, is invited to a lavish party at the mansion of a rich Hungarian landowner, Lajos. In a world of luxurious living 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 is drawn into a vortex of events and emotions quite unforeseen, as pity and guilt inexorably implicate him in a well-meaning intention that tragically goes wrong |