Three Masters

Author: (Austria) S. Zweig
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Publish Date: 2001-10-01
Features: Stefan Zweig completed three biographies under the general title "World Builders" in the 1920s: "The Three Masters," "The Lives of Three Poets," and "The Struggle with the Devil." Among them, "The Three Masters," which depicts three "unique great novelists" of the 19th century—Balzac, Dickens, and Dostoevsky—is the most representative. In this work, he adheres to the principles of "conciseness, concentration, and accuracy," with fervent passion, sharp penwork, and rich colors, creating for us "a Balzac character, a Dickens figure, and a Dostoevsky personality." It can be said without exaggeration that this is an excellent "psychology of the novelist."