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FICTION.
Dr. Graesler,“ by Arthur Schnitzler.
—Simon & Schuster.
Arthur Schnitzler’s unique distine¬
tion is to enloy whle still allve the
Jeputation of the classicists, and at
die and the same time to be popular
th bis audience.
Woven on psychological themes
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bis novels have that simplicity of
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style due to the fastidious selection
one-syllabled image-evoking
of
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words. However involved his thought
may be his presentation is lucid. His
ability to discern the mental and
# moral quirks that shift types into
personalities, and to present the con¬
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flict between einotions, on the one
hand. and inhibitions on the other,
July 1930.
is nowhere more fully apparent than
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DR. GRAESLER.
in his last novel, Dr. Graesler.“
Neu York
Dr. Graesler is a middle-aged
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physician with desires. His desire
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for love and a home leads him from
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the conventional courtship of Sa¬
magr de imprinr ei Pones Seitser. ie Ubere v.
bine, through a “piek-up' and an
affair with Katherina, to marrlage
terd in d Hoemet witden vich Shalche“ ienr
with the widow, Frau Sommer, The
wete. Tie wmiarioen in K. G. Sahe. Kony d.
doctor reveals tendencies toward
egocentricity, melancholia, and genu¬
ine mealism, although his fear of an
uninteresting life has led him to cul¬
tivate an almost pubertial passion,
flowers and fruit on the same au¬
tumnal bough.
Schnitzler’s difficult portrayal of
the doctor’s regeneration is gentle,
but uncompromising. He leaves no
doubt in the reader’s mind. The
story is always clear, smoothly told,
and ably translated.
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