A Letter from an Unknown Woman (Famous Translations, Color Illustrations Edition)

Author: (Austrian) Stefan Zweig
Translator: Gao Zhongfu et al.
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The Letter from an Unknown Woman is one of the most renowned novels by the internationally celebrated Austrian novelist and biographer Stefan Zweig, as well as one of the most highly acclaimed classics of love in world literary history. The novel has been adapted for the screen multiple times, with the eponymous film becoming a global sensation and sparking a sustained "Zweig fever." Zweig was a short story and novella writer of the caliber of Chekhov and Mauriac in 20th-century European literature. Known for his skill in portraying female characters and delving into psychology, he was hailed by Maxim Gorky as "the most perceptive writer about women in the world," and by Romain Rolland as a "hunter of souls."