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New Books Coming
Arthur Schnitzler’s latest novel,
Fraulein Else,“ hafled by foreign
critics as his greatest work, will be
published in America by Simon and
Schuster.
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Fraulein Else, pretty young Aus¬
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erian Kirk, Is spending her Summer
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vacation at a fashionable hotel. All
an exc,
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with ei
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living.
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her father from bankruptey—and
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she is to do this by voluntarily be¬
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Comink ihe mistresn of a rich but
through
rehulsive guest at the hotel.
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of
about the story, but the manner in
In
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which Schnitzler tells it is remark¬
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able, almost unique. It is Else’s
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mind that lt is laid bare. It is her
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fleeting thoughts which are re¬
corded. When others speak to her,
de
in0 Kalen chow their intrusion
Chutter
upon her own secret monologue.
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Dosborately she Rocks to enenpe
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fur
from the terrible dilemma, that of
it were,
he ruin of her father or of her own
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haracter and happfness. But there
as though
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is no way out. The situation Is in¬
old, after a
ekorable. Schnitzer maken
the pages
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realistio and intense that ono al¬
friend and r
most forgets it is In a book, and
many new
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not or iho stutt of aetunt 11r.
that have ma
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Not an Adjective
News that really matters can be told
with nouns and verbs.
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Arthur Schnitzler’s latest novel.
FRAULEIN ELSE, is news: Be¬
hold, then, a bock advertisement
without an adjective:
FRAULEIN ELSE is hailed
FRAULEIN ELSE is the story
abrond as Schnitzler’s master¬
of a girl of eighteen; every¬
thing is scen with ner eyes.
piece. More than that, it
heard with her cars, felt
heads the list of best-sellers
through her senses.
in Continental Europe.
FRAULEIN ELSE is written
as only Schnitzler can write—
FRAULEIN ELSE is receiv¬
with an intensity, a brilliance,
ing throughout America the
and a tenderness that make
acclaim accorded it in Europe.
the reading of it an experience
Critics agree in describing it
you can never forget.
as a book that will live. We
are tempted to quote these
tributes, but we have outlawed
* *
adjectives-even superlatives!
FRAULEIN ELSE is trans
lated so superbly by Robert

A. Simon that you forget it is
FRAULEIN ELSE, published
a translation.
on October 26th, is already in
its third edition; it iston sale
FRAULEIN ELSE can be
whierever books are sold; the
All the
read at one sitting.
price is 81.50, and it bears the
action takes place in less
imprint of
than three hours.
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