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This wonderful translation of Dream Story will allow a fresh generation of readers to enjoy this beautiful, heartless and baffling novella. Dream Story tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife ware driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge.
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The extraordinary Viennese writer Arthur Schnitzler (1862-19310) was born in Vienna, the son of a prominent Jewish laryngologist, Schnitzler studies medicine at Vienna University but soon abandoned medicine for writing. From 1895 he attracted public attention as a dramatist. Concentrating on sex and death, his work shows a remarkable capacity to create atmosphere and to pursue profound, ruthless and often Freudian analysis of human motives.
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'Twenty-four brown slaves rowed the splendid galley that would bring Prince Amgiad to the Caliph's palace. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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'Twenty-four brown slaves rowed the splendid galley that would bring Prince Amgiad to the Caliph's palace. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Arthur Schnitzler was one of the leading lights of the phenomenal Viennese (largely Jewish) renaissance of the late 19th/early twentieth century which included Freud, Wittgenstein and Schoenberg. The story nominally involves the quest for a deeper understanding between a doctor and his wife after a bout of sexual jealousy. Much of the book is taken up by a dream-like narration by the doctor of a series of rather implausible and dangerous quasi-sexual adventures that take place overnight. However, with its fin de siècle decadence (and depraved subtext) and unmistakable Freudian ambience, this novella is probably more interesting as a period piece.
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I have to say that, having read this after watching Eyes Wide Shut, I wasn't expecting to like this as I hadn't loved the movie. Yet on reading this beautiful novella, I wonder what Stanly Krubrik was doing mucking about with it. The story may have been set in the past, and therefore I can understand the idea of bringing it into modern times to make it more accessable to this generation, but this original story is absolutely beautiful. The original imagery of turn of the century Vienna adds to the underlying romance of the story, and Krubrick edited out a vital part of the story - that the Wife was not the only one to have nearly been tempted to stray from the realationship - the husband (or shall we say Tom Cruise!!!) also admits to having been tempted to - which puts a whole new spin on the story and adds another dimension, as you can understand why both are suffering frustrations. Instead of a Tom Cruise type moping around New York imaging what his wife might have done, you see why the husband has to deal with such inner torment - because HE as much as his wife has been tempted to stray, and therefore that brings into question the strength of their union, which causes the doubt. Like real marriage, this isn't just a one sided story - their are other undertones, some sininster, some not so. While SK made a good film in itself with EYES WIDE SHUT, I would like to meet a director brave enough to film DREAM STORY in its entirity as it was originally written set in Vienna. That would be truly something !!! Truly magical!!! Truly beautiful...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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For me this was an interesting read without being necessarily riveting. I was intrigued by Schnitzler's Freudian connection and interested to find out to what extent "Dream Story" exposes the vagaries of the sub conscious mind. With this in mind (excuse the pun) I think there are several clues to suggest that the narrative offers what it says on the cover. This is a dream from the outset that commences with a bedtime story about exotic characters and places (slaves, Prince Amgiad, purple cloak, Caliph's Palace), read by a little girl to her father and mother. The daughter falls asleep, is taken away by the maid and husband and wife prepare for bed in their neat bourgeois setting. Cue thoughts of the previous night's masked ball coupled with the wife's sensual recollection of a time in Denmark and Schnitzler has all the ingredients for a mind blowing trip into the unconscious mind of Dr Fridolin. Consequently the narrative wanders through the dark streets of Vienna, involving strange encounters, a ritualistic and surreal masked ball, erotic forays, hypochondria and a mysterious suicide. Of course this tale could be a dream within a dream, the ambiguity is explicit or it could be Albertine's dream? After all whose eyes are wide open!
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Schnitzler novelette travels through human emotions
of jealously,revenge and guilt. Life in a blur between
dreams and realty, but in death eye wide realism. Read more
of jealously,revenge and guilt. Life in a blur between
dreams and realty, but in death eye wide realism. Read more
Published 1 month ago by w k reader
An unusual read
Bought this after watching Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut. Refreshingly the film tries to remain true to the original novel not surprising the director being Stanley Kubrick. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Elle et belle
Source material for Eyes Wide Shut
I thought Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, was a disappointing end to his brilliant career, though I didn't think it was by any means a bad film. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2009 by Greshon
Truly A Dream Story...
»Traumnovelle« is the book on which the fantastic film »Eyes Wide Shut« is based. It is written as early as in 1926, and it does not take place in New York but in Vienna. Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2000
Schnitzler, you're no Kubrick
Anyone who claims to have heard of this book other than through Kubrick's film "Eyes Wide Shut" is most likely lying. Read more
Published on 29 April 2000
a brilliant novella
I really enjoyed this book (unfortunately a translation, but quite a good one). It's a good story, exploring a variety of themes from rejection to fidelity. Read more
Published on 4 April 2000
Excellent, let down by translation.
Dream Story is a delicate and tender book, although not quite as erotic as some have suggested. The translation is at times poor, with some rather awkward and cack-handed... Read more
Published on 21 Sep 1999
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