Books: Intimations of Immorality

LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN— Stefan Zweig—Viking ($1.25).

Readers of Author Zweig's novelties will realize, to their horror, that the forsaken female of mid-Victorian romances is alive & kicking yet. The only modern touch about her reappearance is that she is deflowered by a hero who does not bother to ask her name. Famed Novelist R. (for Zweig?) returns to Vienna after his holidays to find among his customary fanmail a fat letter superscribed ''To you, who have never known me." He reads on to learn that the unknown woman's only child has just...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!