   the interpretation of dreams () is a book by psychoanalyst sigmund freud. the book introduces freud's theory of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation, and also first discusses what would later become the theory of the oedipus complex. freud revised the book at least eight times and, in the third edition, added an extensive section which treated dream symbolism very literally, following the influence of wilhelm stekel. freud said of this work, "insight such as this falls to one's lot but once in a lifetime."se iv. p. xxiii the initial print run of the book was very low&nbsp;â it took many years to sell out the first 600 copies. however, the work gained popularity as freud did, and seven more editions were printed in his lifetime. the first translation from german into english was completed by a. a. brill, a freudian psychoanalyst. years later, an authorized translation by james strachey was published. the most recent english translation was performed by joyce crick. because the book is very long and complex, freud wrote an abridged version called on dreams. == background == freud spent the summer of 1895 at manor belle vue near grinzing in austria, where he began the inception of the interpretation of dreams. in a 1900 letter to wilhelm fliess, he wrote in commemoration of the place:  in 1963, belle vue manor was demolished, but today a memorial plate with just that inscription has been erected at the site by the austrian si
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