# Beware of Pity

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- Book: [Beware of Pity](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig/beware-of-pity) ([Beware of Pity.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig/beware-of-pity.md))
- Authors: [Stefan Zweig](https://www.bookquiver.com/stefan-zweig)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4167-876-3
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2024-02-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## 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.