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Publication in German. The psychological novel by Austrian writer Stefan Zweig "Beware of Heart" is a tragic story of unrequited love between 17-year-old Edith von Kekeshfalva, the daughter of a wealthy Hungarian landowner, who is confined to a wheelchair, and young Austrian lieutenant Anton Hofmiller. Can compassion, cowardly and sentimental, save a loved one, or are "good intentions paved the road to hell"? Why did the heart, so passionately and sincerely in love, not wait for its happy fate? What serious consequences will cowardice and betrayal lead to, and can conscience forget everything and betray oblivion? As in the best novellas of the author, the novel skillfully describes the psychological subtleties through which the feelings and actions of the main characters are revealed. The book is published in an unadapted version. Enjoy the only completed novel by Stefan Zweig in its original language!