Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories

Stefan's Zweig's Letter from an Unknown Woman and other stories contains a new translation by the award-winning Anthea Bell of one of his most celebrated novellas, Letter from an Unknown Woman , the inspiration for a classic 1948 Hollywood film by Max Ophüls, as well as three new stories, appearing in English for the first time.

A famous author receives a letter on his forty-first birthday. He doesn't know the sender, but still the letter concerns him intimately. Its story is earnest, even piteous: the story of a life lived in service to an unannounced, unnoticed love.

In the other stories in this collection, a young man mistakes the girl he loves for her sister; two erstwhile lovers meet after an age spent apart; and a married woman repays a debt of gratitude. All four tales, newly translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, are among Zweig's most celebrated and compelling work-expertly paced, laced with empathy and an unwaveringly acute sense of psychological detail.

• The Invisible Collection: Tales of Obsession and Desire
• Chess Story (New York Review Books Classics)
• The Post-Office Girl (New York Review Books Classics)
• Amok
• Marie Antoinette
• Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman
• Beware of Pity (New York Review Classics)
• Fantastic Night: Tales of Longing and Liberation
• The Collected Novellas of Stefan Zweig: Burning Secret, A Chess Story, Fear, Confusion, Journey into the Past
• The World of Yesterday