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• "The Promenade (der Spaziergang)" (1917) by Robert Walser

  15 August by Ray

  Robert Walser (1878-1956) was a Swiss-German poet and author of novels, short stories and essays who is remembered particularly for his delicate and yet somehow powerful poems [1] and this quite wonderful monologue about his encounters and observations and thoughts during a pleasant stroll on a (...)

• "In the Snow" and other stories by Stefan Zweig

  16 June by Stefan Zweig

  Three dramatic short stories by the author of Letter From an Unknown Woman:
  1. In the Snow (1901) – Word comes to a Jewish community celebrating Hanukah in a small town in medieval Germany that a large group of religious fanatics are on their way with hate in their hearts and blood on their (...)

• "The Conquest of Constantinople May 29, 1453" - Stefan Zweig’s dramatic account of a decisive moment in history

  1 June by Stefan Zweig

  In this historical essay Stefan Zweig recounted in his clear, penetrating style the drama and the intensity of one of the most significant events in world history, the campaign of the young twenty-one-year-old Turkish Emperor, the Sultan Mahomet, to overcome the determined resistance of the (...)

• "Letter From an Unknown Woman" (1922) by Stefan Zweig

  19 May by Stefan Zweig

  The great Viennese-Austrian author Stefan Zweig (1881-1942) was a prolific writer of short stories, novelettes, novellas, historical studies, essays, memoirs, and letters – as well as several plays, two books of poetry, an opera libretto and one full-length novel .
  In this 14,400-word (...)

• "The Bottle Imp" (1891) - a South Sea fable by Robert Louis Stevenson

  11 May by Robert Louis Stevenson

  Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), author of the immortal Treasure Island (1883) and other notable works such as Travels with a Donkey (1879), Kidnapped (1886) and The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), was born and educated in Scotland and remained deeply attached to his (...)