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Fräulein Else by Arthur Schnitzler | Winking Fig

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Fräulein Else

Arthur Schnitzler

1925·145 pages

Historical Fiction

classics short stories

A young woman is contacted by her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor's jail by visiting an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money. This novel shows how the demands of her family force Else into the realization that everything has a price and morality has a most brittle veneer.

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Fräulein Else

Arthur Schnitzler

Year

1925

Pages

145

Historical Fiction

Tags

classics short stories

Description

A young woman is contacted by her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor's jail by visiting an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money. This novel shows how the demands of her family force Else into the realization that everything has a price and morality has a most brittle veneer.

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