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Schnitzler's Century: The Making of Middle-Class Culture 1815-1914 (Reprint Edition) by Peter Gay Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2002 ISBN-10: 0-393-32363-3 / 0393323633 ISBN-13: 978-0-393-32363-4 / 9780393323634 Prolific author Peter Gay describes the rise of the middle class in the 19th century through an unexpected lens: the life of Viennese playwright Arthur Schnitzler. Yet Gay's themes are much larger than the somewhat obscure Schnitzler: "If we may call [my book] a biography at all, it is one of a clas |