"Hands Around [Reigen]: A Cycle of Ten Dialogues" by Arthur Schnitzler is a collection of ten dialogues that explores love, desire, and relationships across different social classes in the late 1800s. Each part presents intimate conversations, showing the complicated and sometimes troubled nature of human connections during that time. Three episodes kick off the collection. In the first one, a soldier meets a street girl, showing a light but calculated interaction. Next, the soldier and a parlor maid reveal her growing, yet hesitant, attraction. Finally, a young man and his wife expose the tensions in their marriage as they deal with love and what society expects of them, setting the scene for further examinations of romantic relationships in the dialogues.
Hands Around [Reigen]: A Cycle of Ten Dialogues
By Arthur Schnitzler
In a society of complex relationship dynamics, people from different social classes engage in intimate conversations, revealing the complicated nature of love and desire.
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About the AuthorArthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler’s works, which include psychological dramas and narratives, dissected turn-of-the-century Viennese bourgeois life, making him a sharp and stylistically conscious chronicler of Viennese society around 1900.
Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler’s works, which include psychological dramas and narratives, dissected turn-of-the-century Viennese bourgeois life, making him a sharp and stylistically conscious chronicler of Viennese society around 1900.
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