by Stefan Zweig
bookshelves: published-1913, summer-2014, austria, shortstory-shortstories-novellas Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura Read on June 01, 2014 Read hereOriginal Title: Brennendes GeheimnisOpening: THE train, with a shrill whistle, pulled into Summering. For a moment the black coaches stood still ...
Rating: 4* of fiveThe Book Report: Wet, drippy little Edgar, his bored, would-be glam mama Mathilde, and the louche horndog Count Otto meet in an Austrian mountain resort. Otto takes a fancy to Mathilde, since she's a visibly bored Jewess of a certain age. He decides he'll lay siege to her virtue vi...
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