Kaleidiscope One

In all his work — novelettes, short stories, biographies, critical studies — Stefan Zweig reveals one gift which stands out predominantly — the gift of story-telling. He was born to tell stories, and even when he is not writing fiction he handles his work as a master of narrative.

Kaleidoscope One is a Viennese-German-metropolitan-resort-drama-tragedy- a pot pourri of tales, many of them never before translated, some of them hitherto unpublished. Although they seem a bit “”dated”” in the manner of telling, and to some extent in the substance, most of the stories are fine enough in themselves to merit distinguished mention, particularly the story entitled Fear.

CONTENTS
Amok
The Burning Secret
Moonbeam Alley
Transfiguration
The Fowler Snared
The Governess
Fear