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1、R.,thefamousnovelist,hadbeenawayonabriefholidayinthemountains.ReachingViennaearlyinthemorning,heboughtanewspaperatthestation,andwhenheglancedatthedatewasremindedthatitwashisbirthday.Letterfroman“Forty-one!”—thethoughtcamelikeaflash.Hewasneithergladnorsorryattherealisa
2、tion.Hehailedataxi,andskimmedthenewspaperashedrovehome.Hismanreportedthattherehadbeenafewcallersduringthemaster’sabsence,UnknownWomanbesidesoneortwotelephonemessages.Abundleofletterswasawaitinghim.Lookingindifferentlyatthese,heopenedoneortwobecausehewasinterestedinthe
3、senders,butlaidasideforthetimeabulkypacketaddressedinastrangehandwriting.Ateaseinanarmchair,hedrankhismorningtea,finishedthenewspaper,andreadafewcirculars.Then,havinglightedacigar,heturnedto(1922)theremainingletter.Itwasamanuscriptratherthananordinaryletter,comprising
4、acoupleofdozenhastilypennedsheetsinafemininehandwriting.Involuntarilyheexaminedtheenvelopeoncemore,incasehemighthaveoverlookedacoveringStephanZweigletter.Buttherewasnothingofthekind,nosignature,andnosender’saddressoneitherenvelopeorcontents.“Strange,”hethought,ashebeg
5、antoreadthemanuscript.Thefirstwordswereasuperscription:“Toyou,whohaveneverknownme.”Hewasperplexed.Wasthisaddressedtohim,ortosomeimaginarybeing?Hiscuriositysuddenlyawakened,hereadasfollows:Germanbiographer,essayist,shortstorywriter,andcosmopolitan,Stephan³´µ¶Zweig(1881
6、-1943)wasaprolificwriterwhosevividportrayalsofhischaracters,whetherfictionalorfactual,wereemphaticallyprobingandbelievable.Inthe1930sMyboydiedyesterday.ForthreedaysandthreenightsIhavebeenZweigwasoneofthemostwidelytranslatedauthorsoftheworld.Hisextensivetravelswrestlin
7、gwithDeathforthisfraillittlelife.Duringfortyconsecutivehours,ledhimtoIndia,Africa,NorthandCentralAmerica,andRussia.whilethefeverofinfluenzawasshakinghispoorburningbody,IsatbesidehisBorninViennaintoafamilyofwealthyindustrialist,ZweigstudiedinAustria,bed.Iputcoldcompres
8、sesonhisforehead;dayandnight,nightandday,IheldFrance,andGermany.By1904hehadearnedadoctoratefromViennaUniversity,andhisrestle
