Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d’une femme

Stefan Zweig

At a Riviera boarding house, an argument about a woman who abandoned her family prompts an elderly Englishwoman to reveal a long-kept secret. She recounts meeting a desperate young gambler at the Monte Carlo casino, trying to save him from suicide and addiction, and being swept into a life-changing passion over twenty-four hours. Stefan Zweig explores compassion, desire, shame, and the destructive force of gambling.