Stefan Zweig

Following the death of her husband, a middle-aged Englishwoman travels through Europe to escape loneliness and boredom. One evening during her stay at the French Riviera, while enjoying the atmosphere of the Monte Carlo Casino, she becomes mesmerized by the obsessive gambling of a young Polish aristocrat. This fateful …

José Fouché nació el 21 de mayo de 1759, en Le Pellerin, Francia. Hijo y descendiente de marineros y mercaderes, se esperaba que siguiera con la tradición de familia, pero las características físicas con las que Zweig describe al desvalido José, inducen

After nine years of separation from his native country because of the First World War, Louis finally sets foot in Austria and meets the woman he had been in love with and who had promised to wait for him. Previously divided by class and wealth, both are now married and much changed by their recent experiences, and …