The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig

The Post-Office Girl

Stefan Zweig with Joel Rotenberg (Translator)

257 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced

Description

The post-office girl is Christine, who looks after her ailing mother and toils in a provincial Austrian post office in the years just after the Great War. One afternoon, as she is dozing among the official forms and stamps, a telegraph arrives add...

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Community Reviews Summary of 292 reviews

Moods

reflective 78%
sad 71%
dark 64%
emotional 57%
adventurous 28%
tense 28%
challenging 14%
inspiring 7%

Pace

medium 69%
slow 30%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 45% | A mix: 36% | Plot: 18%

Strong character development?

Yes: 66% | It's complicated: 25% | No: 8%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 46% | No: 30% | It's complicated: 23%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 66% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 8%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 50% | No: 33% | It's complicated: 16%

Average rating

4.04

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