Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

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Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman is a psychological novella by Stefan Zweig that follows an English widow whose life is upended by a brief, intense encounter with a young gambling addict at a Monte Carlo casino.

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instanceOf novella ⓘ
psychological fiction work ⓘ
adaptedAs film ⓘ
antagonistType inner conflict ⓘ
author Stefan Zweig ⓘ
centralEvent brief encounter between widow and young gambler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage German ⓘ
genre modernist literature ⓘ
psychological novella ⓘ
hasCharacter young gambling addict ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
French ⓘ
many other languages ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryMovement early 20th-century European literature ⓘ
mainCharacter English widow ⓘ
narrativeFocus psychological analysis of characters ⓘ
narrativeForm frame narrative ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person recounted story ⓘ
notableFor detailed depiction of gambling obsession ⓘ
intense psychological characterization of a woman ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
originalTitle Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau ⓘ
partOf Stefan Zweig's body of psychological novellas ⓘ
periodOfPublication early 20th century ⓘ
plotSummary An English widow becomes involved with a young gambling addict during a single intense day in Monte Carlo. ⓘ
protagonistDescription respectable English widow ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Amok ⓘ
Letter from an Unknown Woman ⓘ
setting Monte Carlo ⓘ
casino ⓘ
subjectMatter risk and chance ⓘ
social conventions ⓘ
transgressive behavior ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme female desire ⓘ
gambling addiction ⓘ
impulsiveness ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
passion ⓘ
psychological crisis ⓘ
timeSpanOfStory twenty-four hours ⓘ
workOf Stefan Zweig ⓘ

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writings of Stefan Zweig → notableWork → Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman ⓘ
Stefan Zweig → notableWork → Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman ⓘ
Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman → originalTitle → Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau ⓘ
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