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Schnitzler's Tragedv Has a Light Touch
DAYBREAK. Bu Arthur Schnitaler, Itheir positions are oddly reversed.which should have warned him that
Wansldied by William A. Drake. She passes a night with him care-he was doomed to be unlucky at
Neio Fork: Simon d Schas-lessly, and leaves in the early#cards. On several occasions—dur¬
morning, tossing him a banknote ining the luncheon at the Kessners'
ter.- 81.50.
payment—like a man.“ Only, the, villa; the by-play between the ac¬
BU ROSE LEE
banknote is far too little. Again, at#tor Elrief and Fräulein Rischodek,
daybreak, another game has been ithe Consul’s mistress; the visit of
TIHE brief volume calledDaz¬
break“ in English, in Ger¬
man Spiel im Morgen-[Played to a hopeless finish. Hu-Leopoldine to Willl'’s room—Schnitz¬
millated and despairing, Willi sends ler has recaptured that atmosphere
the miserable banknote to his com-of delicate phllandering, charged
grazen.“ presents the darker
rade and shoots himself with his with uzeper implications, which he
aspect of a picture which Leut¬
first achleved so perfectly in
nant Gustl“ treated satirically.
army revolver. The only possible
Anatol.“
Once more we have the coxcomb
solution for an officer and a gentle¬
The tone of the narrative is
subaltern of pre-war Vienna—the
man! He could not know that Leo¬
embodin ent of a vanished caste.
poldine would tardily repent, and light and laconie, in striking con¬
Frivolous, haughty, absurdly vain,
send the money through her hus- trast to the undercurrent of sus¬
he feels bound to impress his gal¬
band a few hours later. The story)pense and tragedy. The most ef¬
ends upon a note of exquisite irony: fective thing in the book is the
lantry upon a civilian world. Flir¬
way that Sehnitzler manages to
tation is a rule of his life, and he
Robert Wilram still remained
murt court each passing face with
on his knees before his dead jconvey the pathos lying beneath
w. He looked round the
Willi's dashing and shabby ele¬
the same hungry impudence that
n
nd, for the first time, no¬
gance. He is the uncritical victim
he courts disaster. His only serious
ie table and observed the
of a hidebound social order; a sol¬
concern is to obey the prescribed
of the meal—the plates,
itary, frightened boy whose conven¬
code of military honor: it drives
tles, the glasses. In one
1 there was still a moist,
Itions oblige him to act the man of
him like destiny to comic or tragie
yellow shimmer. He asked
the world.
ends.
ervant: Did the Lieuten¬
1
Lieutenant Willi Kasda plays at
In this book Schnitzler shows
ant entertain last night?
There were steps outside. Con¬
cards with the same purblind good
himself, as usual, to be a clever
fused volces. Robert Wilram rose.
nature as he has played at love.
literary craftsman, The plot moves
Tes, sir," Joseph replied, still
One day he agrees to stake the
smoothly and inexorably to its pain¬
standing erect, like a guard.
whole of his slight purse to save
Until late at night ... a gen¬
ful conclusion. Perhaps Willi's
tleman, an old comrade.
a casual comrade from ruin. Luck
death would seem even more neces¬
And the unreasonable thought
runs his way; he wins the desired
sary, if the lady’s intentions with
which had suddenly come to the
sum and something over. With
old man vanished.
regard to the money were more
well-filled pockets he rises to go.
Thevoices and the steps came
fully explained. One wonders, at
nearer.
Three Graces at a neighboring table
the end, just why she changed her
Joseph stood more stiffly erect
signal to him. He stops for à mo¬
mind and sent the money, or wheth¬
than ever. The committee en¬
ment to ogle them charmingly—and
tered the room.
er she had intended all the while
misses his train to Vienna. Obliged
This fragment shows that Schnitz-#to send it. That is the single flaw
to spend the night in the little sub¬
in the story, which is told exclu¬
ler is back in his old form again.
urban resort, he returns almlessly
sively from the young man’s point
None of the sentimental vagueness
tothe gaming table. He wins
loses, wins, loses, and the excite- of Rhapsody''; not even the mild-jof view. Its method is not the dra¬
ment mounts to his head. Withl ly ’senile concern with feminine matic monologue that Schnitzler
nudeness, that peeps through has adopted in several of his Pno¬
his inveterate love of grand ges¬
Fräulein Else’s fine technique; vellen.“ but a sharp, objective real¬
tures, he plays for larger and larger
stakes. When the game breaks off but a direct, quick-moving story, ism, revealing through suggestion.
at dawn he is thousands in debt! saved frem melodrama by a subtle In the translation it still reads flu¬
psychological insight and a cyni-ently and well. In its implied erit¬
He must have the money within
two days, or lose his post in thecal aptness of detail. One remem-icism of an entire socit caste it
regiment. In this situation the jbers the “ruddy shimmer'' of the revives memorles of Tne Road to
only person who can save him is red pillow through its coarse slip. the Open“ and makes one look for¬
his uncle'’s young wire, a girl whomlon which Leopoldine's head once)ward hopefully to the full-length
he had possessed and unconsslously Ilay; or the pressure of Fräuleinnovel Theresa“ which is an¬
flouted several years before. NowKessner’s knee against Willi’snounced for the Spring.
box 6/1
im Mordengrauen
34. Se geughanen
N0V 2 7,1927 4%
TTbRs
Schnitzler's Tragedv Has a Light Touch
DAYBREAK. Bu Arthur Schnitaler, Itheir positions are oddly reversed.which should have warned him that
Wansldied by William A. Drake. She passes a night with him care-he was doomed to be unlucky at
Neio Fork: Simon d Schas-lessly, and leaves in the early#cards. On several occasions—dur¬
morning, tossing him a banknote ining the luncheon at the Kessners'
ter.- 81.50.
payment—like a man.“ Only, the, villa; the by-play between the ac¬
BU ROSE LEE
banknote is far too little. Again, at#tor Elrief and Fräulein Rischodek,
daybreak, another game has been ithe Consul’s mistress; the visit of
TIHE brief volume calledDaz¬
break“ in English, in Ger¬
man Spiel im Morgen-[Played to a hopeless finish. Hu-Leopoldine to Willl'’s room—Schnitz¬
millated and despairing, Willi sends ler has recaptured that atmosphere
the miserable banknote to his com-of delicate phllandering, charged
grazen.“ presents the darker
rade and shoots himself with his with uzeper implications, which he
aspect of a picture which Leut¬
first achleved so perfectly in
nant Gustl“ treated satirically.
army revolver. The only possible
Anatol.“
Once more we have the coxcomb
solution for an officer and a gentle¬
The tone of the narrative is
subaltern of pre-war Vienna—the
man! He could not know that Leo¬
embodin ent of a vanished caste.
poldine would tardily repent, and light and laconie, in striking con¬
Frivolous, haughty, absurdly vain,
send the money through her hus- trast to the undercurrent of sus¬
he feels bound to impress his gal¬
band a few hours later. The story)pense and tragedy. The most ef¬
ends upon a note of exquisite irony: fective thing in the book is the
lantry upon a civilian world. Flir¬
way that Sehnitzler manages to
tation is a rule of his life, and he
Robert Wilram still remained
murt court each passing face with
on his knees before his dead jconvey the pathos lying beneath
w. He looked round the
Willi's dashing and shabby ele¬
the same hungry impudence that
n
nd, for the first time, no¬
gance. He is the uncritical victim
he courts disaster. His only serious
ie table and observed the
of a hidebound social order; a sol¬
concern is to obey the prescribed
of the meal—the plates,
itary, frightened boy whose conven¬
code of military honor: it drives
tles, the glasses. In one
1 there was still a moist,
Itions oblige him to act the man of
him like destiny to comic or tragie
yellow shimmer. He asked
the world.
ends.
ervant: Did the Lieuten¬
1
Lieutenant Willi Kasda plays at
In this book Schnitzler shows
ant entertain last night?
There were steps outside. Con¬
cards with the same purblind good
himself, as usual, to be a clever
fused volces. Robert Wilram rose.
nature as he has played at love.
literary craftsman, The plot moves
Tes, sir," Joseph replied, still
One day he agrees to stake the
smoothly and inexorably to its pain¬
standing erect, like a guard.
whole of his slight purse to save
Until late at night ... a gen¬
ful conclusion. Perhaps Willi's
tleman, an old comrade.
a casual comrade from ruin. Luck
death would seem even more neces¬
And the unreasonable thought
runs his way; he wins the desired
sary, if the lady’s intentions with
which had suddenly come to the
sum and something over. With
old man vanished.
regard to the money were more
well-filled pockets he rises to go.
Thevoices and the steps came
fully explained. One wonders, at
nearer.
Three Graces at a neighboring table
the end, just why she changed her
Joseph stood more stiffly erect
signal to him. He stops for à mo¬
mind and sent the money, or wheth¬
than ever. The committee en¬
ment to ogle them charmingly—and
tered the room.
er she had intended all the while
misses his train to Vienna. Obliged
This fragment shows that Schnitz-#to send it. That is the single flaw
to spend the night in the little sub¬
in the story, which is told exclu¬
ler is back in his old form again.
urban resort, he returns almlessly
sively from the young man’s point
None of the sentimental vagueness
tothe gaming table. He wins
loses, wins, loses, and the excite- of Rhapsody''; not even the mild-jof view. Its method is not the dra¬
ment mounts to his head. Withl ly ’senile concern with feminine matic monologue that Schnitzler
nudeness, that peeps through has adopted in several of his Pno¬
his inveterate love of grand ges¬
Fräulein Else’s fine technique; vellen.“ but a sharp, objective real¬
tures, he plays for larger and larger
stakes. When the game breaks off but a direct, quick-moving story, ism, revealing through suggestion.
at dawn he is thousands in debt! saved frem melodrama by a subtle In the translation it still reads flu¬
psychological insight and a cyni-ently and well. In its implied erit¬
He must have the money within
two days, or lose his post in thecal aptness of detail. One remem-icism of an entire socit caste it
regiment. In this situation the jbers the “ruddy shimmer'' of the revives memorles of Tne Road to
only person who can save him is red pillow through its coarse slip. the Open“ and makes one look for¬
his uncle'’s young wire, a girl whomlon which Leopoldine's head once)ward hopefully to the full-length
he had possessed and unconsslously Ilay; or the pressure of Fräuleinnovel Theresa“ which is an¬
flouted several years before. NowKessner’s knee against Willi’snounced for the Spring.