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Ax I agree with the disconnection point some of you raise however I think it's important to keep in mind that Zweig is likely to have not had finished th…moreI agree with the disconnection point some of you raise however I think it's important to keep in mind that Zweig is likely to have not had finished the novel. The ending was very dissimilar to the style of his other works, and, unlike two other of his novels, he did not submit it to his publisher before his suicide.

I do agree with one of the comments that the novel would have been more tragic if it had ended directly after part 1, but I feel that the inclusion of part 2 really allowed me to better feel the suffocating dullness and misery that so much of the post-war lower classes felt. The sense that part 2 felt slower also helped elucidate how inescapable this poverty was too. I also believe that Zweig purposefully used less rich and vibrant imagery to further accentuate the contrast between the different social classes' living situations. Part 2, unlike part 1, felt like Zweig was zooming out and applying Christine's personal story to a more general commentary about society after WW1.(less)

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