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Sometimes I get lost in fantasy. Sometimes I wonder if this is me. The ceaseless collision between the 'me' of today, the 'me' of the past, and other 'me's. Sometimes, these 'me's' clash endlessly. Occasionally, I lose consciousness and wake up. At such times, I reflect on the self at the moment of waking, the self in normal times, and then the self when I was unconscious. In particular, the self at the moment of waking becomes the self within a vague fantasy. Reading the title story, *Miss
Else, the heroine of *Miss Else*, a 19th-century girl, finds herself in a predicament where she must ask a large sum of money for an art dealer representing the industrial society of the time; he demands to see her naked body in exchange for the money. In defiance, Else resolves to stand naked in a public place within the hotel, so she undresses in her room and stands before the mirror. Else, confirming the other person's desire to see her naked body in her reflection—at this moment, what came
Arthur Schnitzler: Elje, Miss
*Miss Else*, a collection of short stories by Arthur Schnitzler, a representative writer of Viennese Modernism. Distinguished by its detailed psychological portrayals, this work showcases the essence of Schnitzler's literature. Dealing with the theme of a duet between golden Eros and dark death, it depicts the landscape created by the interplay of these two forces. This book includes *Miss Else* and *Reigen*, considered Schnitzler's masterpieces; *Lieutenant Gustl*, regarded as the first novel in the form of an internal monologue; *Money, Money, My Money*, notable for its contemplation on human desire and reality; and *A Chinese Man I Met*, an unfinished posthumous work written by the author anticipating his own death. It also includes excerpts from Schnitzler's aphorisms and *Three Warnings* to aid in understanding his literary world.
Korean title: 엘제 아씨
Korean author: 아르투어 슈니츨러
Korean publisher: 문학과지성사
ISBN-13: 9788932021676
Reviews
Sometimes I get lost in fantasy. Sometimes I wonder if this is me. The ceaseless collision between the 'me' of today, the 'me' of the past, and other 'me's. Sometimes, these 'me's' clash endlessly. Occasionally, I lose consciousness and wake up. At such times, I reflect on the self at the moment of waking, the self in normal times, and then the self when I was unconscious. In particular, the self at the moment of waking becomes the self within a vague fantasy. Reading the title story, *Miss
Else, the heroine of *Miss Else*, a 19th-century girl, finds herself in a predicament where she must ask a large sum of money for an art dealer representing the industrial society of the time; he demands to see her naked body in exchange for the money. In defiance, Else resolves to stand naked in a public place within the hotel, so she undresses in her room and stands before the mirror. Else, confirming the other person's desire to see her naked body in her reflection—at this moment, what came
