The Post Office Girl by Stefan Zweig
The Post Office Girl

Stefan Zweig

The Post Office Girl

Stefan Zweig with Joel Rotenberg, William Deresiewicz

303 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction classics historical reflective slow-paced
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The post-office girl is Christine, who looks after her ailing mother and toils in a provincial Austrian post office in the years just after the Great War. One afternoon, as she is dozing among the official forms and stamps, a telegraph arrives add...

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Community Reviews Summary of 500 reviews

Moods

dark 71%
sad 60%
emotional 56%
reflective 56%
tense 34%
challenging 17%
adventurous 13%
inspiring 6%
mysterious 6%
hopeful 4%
funny 2%
informative 2%

Pace

medium 62%
slow 20%
fast 17%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 63% | A mix: 28% | Plot: 7%

Strong character development?

Yes: 65% | It's complicated: 31% | No: 2%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 41% | Yes: 30% | No: 25% | N/A: 2%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 58% | It's complicated: 19% | N/A: 11% | Yes: 11%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 65% | No: 17% | It's complicated: 17%

Average rating

4.08

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