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  1. Czentovic’s father, a penniless Yugoslavian Danube bargeman, had been killed in his tiny boat when it was crushed one night by a grain steamer in a remote area; the twelve-year-old boy had then been taken in by the local parson out of pity. The good reverend coached him at home, doing his level best to make up for what the lumpish, taciturn ...

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  2. Dec 31, 2021 · Live Music Archive Librivox Free Audio. Featured. All Audio; ... Chess story by Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942. Publication date ... DOWNLOAD OPTIONS

  3. Feb 17, 2020 · A Chess Story [also published as Chess and A Royal Game], from 1941, is the third Zweig novella I’ve read and the best so far – a really astonishing achievement in so few pages. Translated by Alexander Starritt, I should say – someone at my book group had a very different translation, based on our comparison of the first few lines, but it ...

  4. Nov 7, 2013 · A Chess Story. Stefan Zweig. Pushkin Press, Nov 7, 2013 - Fiction - 112 pages. An epic chess match on a transatlantic liner unearths a story of persecution and obsession. One of the most perfectly gripping novellas from a master of the form, Stefan Zweig. Chess world champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires.

  5. Dec 25, 2023 · Find in other nearby digital libraries. "Chess Story," also known as "The Royal Game," is Stefan Zweig's compelling novella that unfolds on a passenger steamer. It narrates the psychological duel between Mirko Czentovic, a chess champion with a mysterious past, and Dr. B, a reclusive genius. Set against the backdrop of World War II, the story ...

  6. Chess Story by Stefan Zweig | The StoryGraph. Stefan Zweig with Joel Rotenberg (Translator) 84 pages • first pub 1942 (editions) fiction classics literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced. The StoryGraph is an affiliate of the featured links. We earn commission on any purchases made. The StoryGraph is an affiliate of the ...

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  8. Sep 23, 2022 · Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942 -- Translations into English, Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942, Short stories, German -- Translations into English, Short stories, German Publisher Richmond, Surrey : Alma Classics Collection internetarchivebooks; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English Item Size 823.9M

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