The Collected Works of Stefan Zweig: The House by the Sea

Author: (Austrian) Stefan Zweig; Translated by Jiang Nansheng
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This book is a dramatic work by the renowned Austrian writer Stefan Zweig. It tells the story of a pilot in an 18th-century port city in Germany, Gottlieb Kruge, who opens a hotel at home. In this "House by the Sea," a tragic drama of human life unfolds. Kruge's nephew Thomas helps a young sailor escape the clutches of the conscription officers, but in return, he is forced to be deported to America with 54 other men. Twenty years later, Thomas returns to his hometown and visits the "House by the Sea" again. However, the world has changed, and his elderly uncle Gottlieb is now frail. A young man named Peter not only controls Thomas's wife, Katharina, but also seeks to dominate their 19-year-old daughter, Christine. To save his daughter and punish the villain, Thomas is willing to sacrifice his own life.