Stefan ZWEIGLivre Rare Book
24 Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben Twenty-four hours in the life of a woman Typescript of novel with corrections by Lil Dagover
1960138254N.p.: N.p. 1960. Bound carbon typescript of Stefan Zweig's 1927 novella made for the purpose of use by German actress Lil Dagover for her reading of same for the 1963 German LP "Lil Dagover spricht Stefan Zweig." Dagover's name is in blue manuscript ink on the front board then again with her German address on the front endpaper then only her name once again on the title page. With Dagover's manuscript corrections to the text on virtually every recto and when a rewrite of a passage was required on the verso to the of a given typescript passage on the recto. <br /> <br /> Typescript is accompanied by the resulting recording by Dagover the original German issue by Deustsche Grammophon released in 1963. <br /> <br /> One of the most famous works by Zweig an Austrian Jew who was a passionate collector of autograph manuscripts maintained close friendships with the likes of Sigmund Freud and Richard Strauss and whose prose took on the dual concerns of daily life and the impact of politics on everyday people. This novella is an outwardly simple drama of a single day in a woman's life an English widow who becomes uncontrollably attracted to a gambling diplomat during an evening in Monte Carlo. She is quickly reeled into his very troubled life and realizes her error too late. The novella was adapted to film in 1931 1944 1952 and 1968 and most recently in 2002 with the most notable among these adaptations is Max Ophuls' first American film "Letter from an Unknown Woman" 1948 starring Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan. <br /> <br /> Pages Near Fine binding three quarter leather and decorated paper covered boards with no titling Very Good plus. N.p. unknown
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