Hands Around Reigen

Hands Around Reigen: A Cycle of Ten Dialogues is a play written by Arthur Schnitzler, an Austrian playwright and novelist. The play consists of ten scenes, each depicting a sexual encounter between two characters who are connected to each other in some way. The characters are from different social classes and backgrounds, and their interactions reveal the hypocrisy and moral decay of Viennese society at the turn of the 20th century. The play is structured as a series of dialogues, with each scene ending with one character moving on to the next encounter. The characters include a soldier, a prostitute, a countess, a poet, a maid, a young gentleman, a married couple, and others. Each scene is set in a different location, ranging from a park to a hotel room to a private salon. Throughout the play, Schnitzler explores themes of love, desire, power, and social class. The characters' conversations reveal their innermost thoughts and desires, as well as their fears and insecurities. The play also critiques the moral standards of Viennese society, which is shown to be hypocritical and corrupt. Hands Around Reigen was first performed in 1920 and was immediately controversial due to its frank depiction of sexuality. The play has since become a classic of modernist literature and has been adapted into numerous films and stage productions. It is considered one of Schnitzler's most important works and a seminal work of modernist literature. POET: You bore me. You haven't the faintest idea what you mean to me. You're a whole world in itself. You are divine, you are genius itself. You are. you are godly simplicity. Truly, you. But you shouldn't talk about Fritz now. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.