Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

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Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman is a psychological novella by Stefan Zweig that follows an English widow whose life is upended by a brief, intense encounter with a young gambling addict at a Monte Carlo casino.

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instanceOf novella
psychological fiction work
adaptedAs film
antagonistType inner conflict
author Stefan Zweig NERFINISHED
centralEvent brief encounter between widow and young gambler
countryOfOrigin Austria
firstPublicationLanguage German
genre modernist literature
psychological novella
hasCharacter young gambling addict
hasTranslation English
French
many other languages
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement early 20th-century European literature
mainCharacter English widow
narrativeFocus psychological analysis of characters
narrativeForm frame narrative
narrativePerspective first-person recounted story
notableFor detailed depiction of gambling obsession
intense psychological characterization of a woman
originalLanguage German
originalTitle Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau NERFINISHED
partOf Stefan Zweig's body of psychological novellas
periodOfPublication early 20th century
plotSummary An English widow becomes involved with a young gambling addict during a single intense day in Monte Carlo.
protagonistDescription respectable English widow
relatedWorkByAuthor Amok NERFINISHED
Letter from an Unknown Woman NERFINISHED
setting Monte Carlo NERFINISHED
casino
subjectMatter risk and chance
social conventions
transgressive behavior
targetAudience adult readers
theme female desire
gambling addiction
impulsiveness
moral conflict
passion
psychological crisis
timeSpanOfStory twenty-four hours
workOf Stefan Zweig NERFINISHED

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writings of Stefan Zweig notableWork Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
Stefan Zweig notableWork Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman