Beware of Pity (Stefan Zweig's classic novel) (B-Format Paperback)

In 1913 a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance - his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweigs only novel is a devastating depiction of the torment of the betrayal of both honour and love realised against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.