
Schachnovelle
A short, late novella and one of Zweig's most accessible entry points.

Author guide
Stefan Zweig (1881–1942) was an Austrian-born writer whose work ranged from poetry, fiction, drama, biography, essays, travel writing, and memoir to opera libretti and collaborative graphic criticism. A major European humanist and exile writer, he is especially known for his novellas, historical biographies, The World of Yesterday, and Chess Story.
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A short, late novella and one of Zweig's most accessible entry points.

A concise classic novella that showcases Zweig's psychological storytelling.

His major memoir and the clearest introduction to his humanist vision of vanished Central Europe.

Zweig's only completed novel.
Read in order
essay-cycle · complete
A three-volume biographical essay cycle presenting exemplary literary personalities and their spiritual types.
Book 1 · biographical-essay-collection · 1920
Book 2 · biographical-essay-collection · 1925
Book 3 · biographical-essay-collection · 1928
novella-cycle · complete
A three-part novella cycle, published as a chain of interconnected volumes.
Outside the series
novella · 1920
novella · 1920
novella · 1922
novella · 1922
novella · 1926
novella · 1927
novella · 1927
novella · 1929
novella · 1937
novel · 1939
novella · 1942
novella · 1948
novella-fragment · 1961
novella · 1980
novel-fragment · 1982
novella · 1987
novel-fragment · 1990
novella · 1994
biography · 1905
biography · 1910
travel-writing · 1919
biography · 1921
travel-writing · 1928
biography · 1929
biography · 1932
biography · 1934
biography · 1935
biography · 1936
biography · 1938
memoir · 1942
biographical-fragment · 1942
historical-biography · 1944
biography · 1946
short-story-collection · 1904
memoir-essay · 1917
pamphlet · 1918
speech · 1927
biographical-essay-collection · 1931
speech-pamphlet · 1933
essay-pamphlet · 1933
essay-pamphlet · 1935
speech-pamphlet · 1936
essay-collection · 1937
pamphlet · 1937
speech-pamphlet · 1939
travel-essay · 1941
essay-collection · 1943
play · 1907
play · 1912
play · 1913
play · 1917
play · 1919
play-adaptation · 1926
play · 1929
opera-libretto · 1935
dissertation · 1904
graphic-work · 1923
historical-miniature-collection · 1927
legend · 1928
legend-collection · 1945