Stefan Zweig is an Austrian writer, playwright and journalist. Author of many short stories, plays, poems and fictionalized biographies. Zweig's short stories - "Amok" (Der Amokläufer, 1922), "Confusion of feelings" (Verwirrung der Gefühle, 1927), "Mendel the Secondhand Bookist" (1929), "Chess Novella" (Schachnovelle, 1941), as well as a cycle of historical short stories " Star Clock of Humanity" (Sternstunden der Menschheit, 1927) - made the author's name popular all over the world. The novels amaze with drama, captivate with unusual plots and make you think about the vicissitudes of human destinies. Zweig does not tire of convincing how defenseless the human heart is, what feats, and sometimes crimes, passion pushes a person. He was friends with such famous people as Emile Verhaarn, Romain Rolland, Frans Maserel, Auguste Rodin, Thomas Mann, Sigmund Freud, James Joyce, Hermann Hesse, Herbert Wells, Paul Valery, Maxim Gorky, Richard Strauss, Bertolt Brecht. Content: Poems First Experiences: Four Novels from the Land of Childhood The Invisible Collection Amok Letter from a stranger Partner fast friendship Trio Attack elephants Shootout Silence Liars Footprints in the moonlight Attack Storm First lessons Impenetrable darkness last dream Confusion of feelings Twenty-four hours in the life of a woman Woman and nature fantasy night Letter from a stranger Street in the moonlight Sunset of one heart Impatience of the heart legends Three singers of my life Three masters Fighting insanity Marceline Debord-Valmore. The fate of the poetess Marie Antoinette Portrait of an Ordinary Character Mary Stuart Yesterday's world. Memories of a European Triumph and tragedy of Erasmus of Rotterdam Conscience against violence. Castellio vs. Calvin Amerigo. A Tale of a Historical Mistake Magellan. Man and his deed Montaigne Fatal moments. Historical miniatures Star clock of mankind. Historical miniatures Historical miniatures Publicism Christina Hoflener. Novel from the literary heritage
