num_pages: 117
description: Like his Viennese contemporary Sigmund Freud, the doctor and dramatist Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) was a bold pioneer in exploring the dark tangled roots of human sexuality.Arthur Schnitzler is probably most famous for La Ronde, a play too scandalous to publish or perform in his own lifetime but whose daisy-chain of couplings inspired both Max Ophuls's classic film and David Hare's modernized version, The Blue Room, which played to sell-out audiences in the West End and on Broadway. Dream Story is an equally erotic work, in which a married couple are first traumatized and then achieve a new depth of understanding by confessing to each other their sexual fantasies, dream-like adventures and might-have-beens . . .Taking us on a guided tour of Vienna's seedy cafés, red-light district, decadent villas, hospitals and morgue, Schnitzler brilliantly uncovers the violence and depravity lurking beneath the surface of civilized society.Dream Story is the inspiration for Eyes Wide Shut, co-written by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael.
language: English
title: Dream Story
titlecomplete: Dream Story
characters: Dr Adler, Fridolin, Nachtigall, Baroness Dubieski, Albertine, Herr Gibiser
genres: Classics, Short Stories, Novella, Novels, German Literature, Romance, 20th Century, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 15628
places: Vienna
publisher: Penguin Classics