by Stefan Zweig
Amok and Other Stories
Translated by Anthea Bell
Beware of Pity
Translated by Phyllis and Trevor Blewitt
Casanova
A Study in Self-Portraiture
Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul
Confusion
Translated by Anthea Bell
Twilight
Moonbeam Alley
Translated by Anthea Bell
Wondrak and Other Stories
Translated by Anthea Bell
Journey into the Past
Translated by Anthea Bell
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English translation © Anthea Bell
The World of Yesterday first published in German as
Die Welt von Gestern Stockholm 1942
© Williams Verlag Zurich
First published in 2009 by
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This new edition first published in 2011
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ISBN 978 1 906548 82 7
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Cover: The Coffee House ‘Griensteidl’ in Vienna 1896 Reinhold Völkel
© Städtisches Museum Vienna
Frontispiece: Stefan Zweig
© Roger-Viollet Rex Features
Set in 10.5 on 13.2 Baskerville Monotype
and printed in Great Britain by TJ International Ltd
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