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Beware of Pity

Written by: Stefan Zweig
Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
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In the twilight of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a young cavalry officer is invited to a dance at the home of a rich landowner.

There - with a small act of attempted charity - he commits a simple faux pas. But from this seemingly insignificant blunder comes a tale of catastrophe arising from kindness and of honour poisoned by self-regard.

Beware of Pity has all the intensity and the formidable sense of torment and of character of the very best of Zweig's work. Definitive translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell.

©1976 Atrium Press, 2011 Anthea Bell (P)2017 Ukemi Productions Ltd Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction

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"Zweig’s fictional masterpiece." ( Guardian)
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It's the only novel written by Stephen Zweig, and my very first book by the author that I came across. Very powerful narration wonderfully supported by equally powerful, expressive reading. I am sure you would want to go with the flow of the novel and with Lt. Anton Hofmiller, the protagonist of the story.

Very well narrated book. Nice audible experience.

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