Robert Musil



Robert Musil

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born November 06, 1880
died April 15, 1942
gender male
place of birth Klagenfurce, Austria

about this author

Austrian writer.

He graduated military boarding school at Eisenstadt (1892-1894) and then Hranice, in that time also known as Mährisch Weißkirchen, (1894-1897). These school experiences are reflected in his first novel - The confusions of young Törless.

He served in army during World War I. When Austria became a part of the Third Reich in 1938, Musil left for exile in Switzerland, where he died of a stroke on April 15, 1942. Musil collapsed in the middle of his gymnastic exercises and is rumoured to have died with an expression of ironic amusement on his face. He was 61.

books by Robert Musil

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avg rating: 4.18 | 549 ratings | 50 distinct works
The Man Without Qualities Vol.... The Man Without Qualities Vol. 1: A Sort of Introduction and Pseudo Reality Prevails (Paperback)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 4.46 — 177 ratings — published 1996
4 editions
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The Confusions of Young Törle... The Confusions of Young Törless (Paperback)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 3.89 — 120 ratings — published 2001
17 editions
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The Man Without Qualities Vol.... The Man Without Qualities Vol. 2: Into the Millennium, from the Posthumous Papers (Paperback)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 4.30 — 79 ratings — published 1996
4 editions
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Five Women Five Women (Verba Mundi)
by Robert Musil, Frank Kermode
avg rating 4.13 — 23 ratings — published 1999
2 editions
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Posthumous Papers of a Living ... Posthumous Papers of a Living Author (Paperback)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 3.94 — 18 ratings — published 2006
3 editions
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Diaries : Robert Musil 1899-19... Diaries : Robert Musil 1899-1942 (Hardcover)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 4.25 — 12 ratings — published 1998
2 editions
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Precision and Soul: Essays and... Precision and Soul: Essays and Addresses (Paperback)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 4.60 — 10 ratings — published 1995
2 editions
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The Posthumous Papers of a Liv... The Posthumous Papers of a Living Author (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 4.29 — 7 ratings — published 1996
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L'Homme sans qualités, tome 1 L'Homme sans qualités, tome 1 (Paperback)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1995
2 editions
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Über die Dummheit. Über die Dummheit. (Paperback)
by Robert Musil
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1999
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quotes by Robert Musil

"The secret of a good librarian is that he never reads anything more of the literature in his charge than the title and the table of contents. Anyone who lets himself go and starts reading a book is lost as a librarian...He's bound to lose perspective."
Robert Musil (The Man Without Qualities)
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