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"The Burning Secret" by Stefan Zweig is a captivating novella that delves into the complexities of human emotions and relationships. Set against the backdrop of an Austrian resort in the early 20th century, the story revolves around a young baron who, in his pursuit of an intriguing woman, unwittingly befriends her young son. This friendship becomes a strategic tool in his quest, leading to an intricate web of deceit, passion, and emotional turmoil.

Mit den Erinnerungen eines Europäers hat Stefan Zweig seine persönliche, zugleich eine der besten Analysen der Jahrzehnte zwischen dem ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert und dem 2. Weltkrieg verfasst.

Joseph Fouché (1759-1820) est l'une des figures les plus énigmatiques de son temps. Il a servi avec zèle la République, le Directoire, le Consulat, l'Empire et la Monarchie. Homme de l'ombre, disciple de Machiavel, Fouché aura survécu à tous les changements de régime sans jamais se départir de cette "absence de conviction" qui fascina Balzac autant que Stefan Zweig. Élève chez les Oratoriens, il devint sous la Révolution un pilleur d'églises. Conventionnel modéré, il vota la mort du roi et participa activement au massacre des Lyonnais royalistes.

In this volume we examine the German language. Or rather the authors who wrote in German but are here translated into English. German is most often called the language of philosophers due to its precision and clarity. However, if you’ve studied German, you will know that sentence construction can be difficult to grasp. However, within these stories the language of these great talents express themselves in dazzling prose and searching narratives. And the characters? Clearly the works of genius.

Das Spielen von Schachpartien, erst das Nachspielen von 150 klassischen Partien, dann das Spielen gegen sich selbst, rettet den Gestapo-Häftling Dr. B. vor dem Wahnsinn. Allerdings führt ihn die Persönlichkeitsspaltung, der er unterliegt, indem er gegen sich selbst spielt, in eine andere Art von Überreizung und schließlich zu einem Zusammenbruch. Dr. B., an dem die Gestapo offensichtlich das Interesse verloren hat, darf nach seiner Genesung nach Amerika ausreisen und trifft auf dem Schiff auf den Schachweltmeister Czentovic. Es kommt zu einer denkwürdigen Partie, die Dr. B. für sich entscheidet.

En compagnie de Dickens et Dostoïevski, Zweig distingue Balzac dans cette biographie unitaire qui vise à montrer les trois grands et, peut-être les seuls romanciers du XIXe siècle, comme des "hommes" qui, précisément à cause des contrastes entre les personnages se complètent et élèvent le concept de romancier, de créateur épique d'un monde en mouvement.

Stefan Zweig dedicated this largely biographical work to the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. Zweig acknowledges Freud's scientific contributions and highlights some weaknesses of his fellow countryman. Freud's actual achievement is less to be found in scientific detail, but in the multitude of his contributions with which he enabled and inspired the thinking, rethinking and research of many of his successors. Zweig describes the life of Freud and the genesis of psychoanalysis with his usual linguistic virtuosity.

In this book, Stefan Zweig traces 12 fateful events of world history in his unique artistic style: from the conquest of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople by the Turks, to the Battle of Waterloo to Sir Robert Falcon Scott's tragic South Pole expedition. The human character and sometimes simple fate are decisive historic factors that have led to dramatic and lasting changes in the past. Often short, coincidental and highly dramatic moments have the potential to change the future of mankind in a decisive manner – the so called "Great Moments of Humanity".

600 Quotations from the Great Writers of the 20th Century features the wit and wisdom of some of the 20th Century’s greatest writers and minds. A cherry-picked selection, the collection includes quotes from the likes of famous Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, American-Lebanese writer and poet Khalil Gibran, Winston Churchill, Britain’s celebrated prime minister, and many more.

Le voyage dans le passé est l'histoire des retrouvailles au goût amer entre un homme et une femme qui se sont aimés et croient s'aimer encore. Louis, jeune homme pauvre mû par une "volonté fanatique", tombe amoureux de la femme de son riche bienfaiteur, mais il est envoyé au Mexique pour une mission de confiance. La grande guerre éclate. Ils ne se reverront que neuf ans plus tard. L'amour résiste-t-il à tout ? A l'usure du temps, à la trahison, à une tragédie ?

"Dickens is the highest poetic expression of the English tradition between the heroic century of Napoleon, the glorious past, and imperialism, the dream of his future. (...) Only when one hates the hypocritical narrow-mindedness of Victorian culture from the bottom of one's soul can one appreciates with full admiration the genius of a man who compelled us to find this disgusting world of sated sluggishness interesting and almost endearing, who redeemed life's most banal prose into poetry".

A dazzling biographical study of the greatest German philosopher of the nineteenth century by one of the most widely read German-language authors of the twentieth century. In this vivid and eloquent biography, Zweig largely eschews the traditional academic discourse on the philosopher's work, instead concentrating entirely on Nietzsche as a person, his habits, his passions and his obsessions. Stefan Zweig describes the tragedy of Nietzsche's existence, his seclusion from the world, in self-imposed isolation, in a compelling and impressive way.

Lenin's journey in a sealed train took place in April 1917 during the First World War. The journey took Vladimir Ilyich Lenin together with other emigrants from Swiss exile through the German Reich via Scandinavia to Petrograd, today's Saint Petersburg. The "sealed train" was only used on the German part of the route. Lenin's arrival in Russia led to the 1917 revolution and the peace treaty between Russia and Germany in March 1918.

The conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by a besieging army of around 80,000 men led by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II ended the Byzantine Empire. The city's defense was in the hands of Emperor Constantine XI, who had 7,000 to 10,000 soldiers at his disposal and, likely, fell during the last storm on the city. The fall of the Byzantine Empire also marked the final rise of the Ottoman Empire to become a major power. The conquest has a high symbolic value in both Turkish and Western European reception.

De la amplia obra de Stefan Zweig, celebrada por generaciones de lectores alrededor del mundo, quizá sus biografías son las que mejor dan muestra de la destreza del escritor para el retrato, de su agudeza psicológica y de la profunda comprensión del alma humana.

"Ceci est l’histoire de Virata, que son peuple célébrait par les quatre noms de la vertu, mais dont le nom n’est pas inscrit dans les chroniques des princes ni mentionné dans le livre des sages, et dont les hommes ont oublié jusqu’au souvenir." S'inspirant de la Bhagavad-Gita, l'un des textes sacrés de l'hindouisme, Zweig nous livre une nouvelle atypique teintée de spiritualité dont le personnage principal, Virata, ne trouvera la sagesse et la paix paix qu'au prix d'un grand sacrifice, celui de son humanité.

Scandale dans une pension de famille "comme il faut", sur la Côte d'Azur du début du siècle : Mme Henriette, la femme d'un des clients, s'est enfuie avec un jeune homme qui pourtant n'avait passé là qu'une journée.

Immediately following the death of her young son, distraught and heartbroken, a woman sends a heart-wrenching letter to the only man she has ever loved, chronicling their love affair, opening with, "To you, who have never known me."

With the age of voyages of discovery in the 15th century, the curtain of history slowly came down on the late Middle Ages. Portuguese and Spanish seafarers set out to remeasure the dimensions of the earth. Numerous spices and fruits, which we would hardly be able to do without today, found their way to Europe for the first time. Columbus discovered America in 1492 on his quest for India. Six years later, it was left to Vasco da Gama to travel through the sea route to India sought by Columbus on the eastern route around Africa.

"Napoléon n'aime pas Fouché et Fouché n'aime pas Napoléon" : un fascinant portrait d'un "génie de la trahison" - sans doute l'homme le plus détesté (et le plus puissant) de l'histoire de France. Traduction entièrement révisée par Olivier Mannoni et préface de l'historien Philippe Artières, spécialiste des criminels et de l'écriture de l'histoire.