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Professor Bernhardi

First published: 1912
Pages: 75

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Professor Bernhardi is a play by the Austrian writer Arthur Schnitzler. It’s known for its investigation of prejudice and the complexities of Austrian-Jewish identity during the early 20th century. The play is set in Vienna in 1900 and portrays Professor Bernhardi, a Jewish physician who faces a moral dilemma when he prevents a Catholic priest from administering the last rites to a dying patient who is unaware of her close death.

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Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist. He is considered one of the most significant representatives of Viennese Modernism. Schnitzler's works, which include psychological dramas and narratives, dissected turn-of-the-century Viennese bourgeois life, making him a sharp and stylistically conscious chronicler of Viennese society around 1900.