(Balzac, Dickens, Dostoievski)
(Balzac, Dickens, Dostoievski)
"It is no coincidence that I have compiled these three essays on Balzac, Dickens, and Dostoevsky in a single book. With a common purpose, I try to present the three great novelists—and, in my opinion, the only ones—of the 19th century as prototypes who, precisely because of the contrasting personalities, complement each other and perhaps elevate the concept of the novelist, that is, the forger of epic worlds, to a clear and distinct form… Each of these artists creates a law of life, a concept of life, with the plethora of his figures, and highlights them with such harmony that, thanks to him, the world takes on a new form."
Stefan Zweig
