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by Arthur Schnitzler (Author), Otto P. Schinnerer (Author) "'Twenty-four brown slaves rowed the splendid galley that would bring Prince Amgiad to the Caliph's palace ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 167 pages
  • Publisher: Green Integer; New edition edition (1 Jul 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1931243484
  • ISBN-13: 978-1931243483
  • Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 10.9 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,325,050 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A married couple are troubled by events and jealous of each other's attentions the night before at a masquerade ball. Suddenly, Fridolin, a doctor, is summoned to the bedside of an elderly councillor whose daughter he finds attractive and vaguely sensual. So begins a series of involvements throughout the night in increasingly dangerous and deviant sexual adventures for Fridolin, who is later taken by a friend to a "secret" party... Recognised as Schnitzler's masterpiece, this book was also the inspiration for Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Are our truths stranger then our fiction???, 5 Sep 2003
By Miss E Woods (London, England) - See all my reviews
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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...
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4.0 out of 5 stars a brilliant novella, 4 April 2000
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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. It is set in turn of the century Vienna, and one definitely feels the atmosphere of decline that Austro-Hungary was experiencing. I thought the movie Eyes Wide Shut was fantastic, but it seems even better now that I have read this book, which Kubrick transposed very accurately into turn of the century New York.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, let down by translation., 21 Sep 1999
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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 prose.

It is a fascinating work, exploring deeply a lifetime's insecurities, fantasies and desires over a hundred pages.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Remembrance of Vienna past
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... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars 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

3.0 out of 5 stars 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
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