An irresistible comedy about faith, desire, and middle-class morality from the man described by Kingsley Amis as “the funniest serious writer to be found on either side of the Atlantic.”Pity the poor reverend Andrew Mackerel of the People’s Liberal
This work brings together in one volume and in chronological order writings on the greatest philosophers by specialists, designed to be accessible to the general reader. The book covers: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottin
These artful new translations of nine of Arthur Schnitzler's most important stories and novellas including "Dream Story," on which Stanley Kubrick based his widely acclaimed film Eyes Wide Shut-reinforce the Viennese author's remarkable achievement as lit
A finely drawn portrayal of the disintegration of Austrian liberal society under the impact of nationalism and anti-semitism, The Road into the Open (Der Weg ins Freie, 1908) is a remarkable novel by a major Austrian writer of the early twentieth century.
Viennese author Schnitzler's brief 1901 novel depicts the Austrian crisis at the turn of the century and the impending collapse of the dream of the empire. Bored at the opera, egocentric young Lieutenant Gustl contemplates which women are flirting with hi
"Girotondo", opera teatrale di Schnitzler di cui nel 1904 venne vietata la pubblicazione perché giudicata oscena, è un dramma in cui dieci individui di differente estrazione sociale (dal conte alla prostituta, passando per il poeta e la ragazzina) si in