# Beware of Pity

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- Authors: [Stefan Zweig](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2024-02-29
- Genres: Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Classic fiction: literary and general, Historical romance, Fiction in translation

## Description

'I can't take any more of your revolting merciful kindness!' Who would have thought that the great military hero Captain Hofmiller - that living monument to his own courage - would have anything burdening his soul? But when he reveals his story, it is not one of bravery but tragedy: a simple blunder at a dance from which disaster grows, ruining lives with his weak, foolish pity... Beware of Pity is Stefan Zweig's greatest novel, fiercely capturing human emotions in all their subtleties and extremes - while Hofmiller, his unforgettable, naïve creation, misunderstands everything, resulting in his downfall. Translated by Jonathan Katz.

## Editions

### Beware of Pity

- Publisher: pushkin_press_classics
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-19-0654-870-4
- Published: 2026-07-07
- Language: en_US

### Beware of Pity

- Publisher: Penguin
- Translated by: Jonathan D. Katz
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-18-0206-464-3
- Published: 2024-02-29
- Language: en_GB

### Beware of Pity

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4167-876-3
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2024-02-29
- Language: en_GB

### Beware of Pity

- Publisher: nyrb_classics
- ISBN: 978-15-9017-200-1
- Pages: 392
- Published: 2006-06-20
- Language: en_US

## This book in other languages

- [Ungeduld des Herzens](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig/de/ungeduld-des-herzens) (de_DE)
- [La impaciencia del corazón](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig/es/la-impaciencia-del-corazon) (es_ES)
- [La pitié dangereuse](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig/fr/la-pitie-dangereuse) (fr_FR)
- [Нетерпіння серця](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-tsveih/uk/neterpinnia-sertsia) (uk_UA)