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Traumnovelle

Traumnovelle

Schnitzler, Arthur

Hardcover

Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1025374185
ISBN13: 9781025374185
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Traumnovelle is a masterful exploration of the hidden depths of the human psyche and the complexities of marital life. Set in the atmospheric streets of early 20th-century Vienna, the story follows Dr. Fridolin and his wife, Albertine, as they venture into the dangerous territory of their own repressed desires. After a series of mutual confessions regarding their unfulfilled fantasies, Fridolin embarks on a surreal nocturnal odyssey through the city's underworld, encountering secret societies and clandestine masquerades that challenge his perception of reality.

Arthur Schnitzler's novella is a seminal work of psychological fiction, blending the boundaries between dreams and waking life. Through its tense and evocative narrative, the work examines the fragility of the bourgeois existence and the primal forces that lie beneath the surface of social respectability. A profound meditation on jealousy, obsession, and the subconscious, Traumnovelle remains a compelling study of the human heart and its darkest inclinations. Its influence extends far into modern culture, notably serving as the basis for various cinematic interpretations.

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