Word: malwida
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Zweig traces the sad and triumphant story of Rolland from his early visit to Rome when he fell under the inspiring influence of Malwida von Meysenbug; when Tolstoi so kindly answered the young man's letter of doubt raised by his booklet What's to be Done?, through the lonely years of his unsuccessful "tragedies of fate", including "Danton" and "St. Louis", through the year of the "heroic biographies", which gained for Rolland an interested but small following, to his final and definite victory with his ten volume novel "Jean Christophe" (1902-1912), and the disappointments...
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