Burning Secret
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Burning Secret is a psychological novella by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig that explores obsession, betrayal, and the loss of innocence through the relationship between a young boy, his mother, and a manipulative baron.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novella
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psychological fiction work ⓘ |
| adaptedTo | film ⓘ |
| author | Stefan Zweig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| centralConflict | boy's emotional attachment versus baron's seduction of the mother ⓘ |
| centralRelationship | relationship between a young boy and a baron ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| depicts |
emotional betrayal of a child
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moral ambiguity of adults ⓘ |
| explores |
class and social manners in bourgeois society
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emotional manipulation ⓘ mother–son relationship ⓘ psychological development of a child ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
novella
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psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
Burning Secret (1933 film)
NERFINISHED
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Burning Secret (1988 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Stefan Zweig NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBaronCharacterTrait |
charming
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manipulative ⓘ |
| hasBoyCharacterTrait |
emotionally vulnerable
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naive ⓘ |
| literaryForm | novella ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | psychological realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | early 20th century literature ⓘ |
| literaryThemeCategory |
coming-of-age
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erotic obsession ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Edgar
NERFINISHED
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Edgar's mother ⓘ the baron NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motherCharacterRole |
focus of the boy's attachment
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object of the baron's seduction ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | German ⓘ |
| protagonistAge | child ⓘ |
| setting | Austrian spa resort ⓘ |
| theme |
adultery
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betrayal ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ manipulation ⓘ obsession ⓘ |
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