Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

Novella by Stefan Zweig

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman

Author	Stefan Zweig
Original title	Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau
Translator	Eden Paul Cedar Paul
Country	Germany
Language	German
Publisher	Insel-Verlag
Publication date	1927
Published in English	1927

Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman (German: Vierundzwanzig Stunden aus dem Leben einer Frau) is a 1927 novella by the Austrian writer Stefan Zweig.^[1] It was filmed in 1931, 1944, 1952, 1968, and 2002.^[2]^[3] A television movie, Twenty-Four Hours in a Woman's Life, was telecast in 1961, starring Ingrid Bergman and Rip Torn.^[4]

Plot

"It traces a woman through a single day, but that day is simultaneously the most vividly wonderful and ultimately terrible of her life. She is an English widow who becomes mesmerised by the almost suicidally reckless gambling of a failed Polish diplomat one evening in Monte Carlo. From this first spark of interest, she is drawn into his troubled, unstable life."^[5]

References

^ Nicholas Lezard (2003-09-20). "Review: Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman by Stefan Zweig | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014-04-06.
^ "Ving-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme (1968)". Film & TV Database. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
^ McCarthy, Todd (2002-11-21). "24 Hours in the Life of a Woman". Variety. Retrieved 2012-04-30.
^ Jack Gould, "Star Makes Second Major Appearance: But Play Is Held Not Up to Her Talents," New York Times (Mar. 21, 1961), p. 75.
^ James Morrison (2014-03-10). "Stefan Zweig". Bookslut. Retrieved 2014-04-06.