Title: The society of the crossed keys
Description: Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman. Following the death of her husband, a middle-aged Englishwoman travels through Europe to escape loneliness and boredom. One evening during her stay at the French Riviera, while enjoying the atmosphere of the Monte Carlo Casino, she becomes mesmerized by the obsessive gambling of a young Polish aristocrat. This fateful encounter leads to passion, despair and death, changing both their lives forever.
Subjects: Translations into English, Man-woman relationships, Fiction, Domestic fiction, Zweig, stefan, 1881-1942
Places: France
People: Stefan Zweig (1881-1942)