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    The novel tells the story of an unnamed woman who has an obsession with a famous writer, referred to only as R. Years ago, they had a brief romantic encounter when she was 13 and he was 18, which resulted in a pregnancy. The woman's son later died of the flu. Throughout her life, the woman tries contacting R through letters and flowers, but he does not remember her. After she falls ill with another disease and is dying, the woman writes R one final set of letters. When R receives these letters after the woman has passed away, he finally learns the truth about their past connection but remains unable to recall the woman.

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    The novel tells the story of an unnamed woman who has an obsession with a famous writer, referred to only as R. Years ago, they had a brief romantic encounter when she was 13 and he was 18, which resulted in a pregnancy. The woman's son later died of the flu. Throughout her life, the woman tries contacting R through letters and flowers, but he does not remember her. After she falls ill with another disease and is dying, the woman writes R one final set of letters. When R receives these letters after the woman has passed away, he finally learns the truth about their past connection but remains unable to recall the woman.

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    The novel tells the story of an unnamed woman who has an obsession with a famous writer, referred to only as R. Years ago, they had a brief romantic encounter when she was 13 and he was 18, which resulted in a pregnancy. The woman's son later died of the flu. Throughout her life, the woman tries contacting R through letters and flowers, but he does not remember her. After she falls ill with another disease and is dying, the woman writes R one final set of letters. When R receives these letters after the woman has passed away, he finally learns the truth about their past connection but remains unable to recall the woman.

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    SEMESTER BREAK ASSIGNMENT

    Can you give key information about:

    ● Title: Letter From an unknown woman

    ● Author: Stefan Zweig

    ● Kind of story: Novel

    ● Setting (time and place): Unknow

    ● Main characters: R. and unknow woman

    Answer the following questions in full sentences.

    1. Give a short summary of the book (100-120 words) (_____ / 25 pts.)

    - R. is a famous writer. After returning from his holiday in Vienna, he receives anonymous flowers
    and letters. The author lived in the same place and met with the sender for a while years ago. But
    he doesn’t remember this woman. She was 13 years old when she first saw a female writer but
    this love continues until the end of his life. At the age of 18 , they were together for a while and
    she became pregnant. He never mentions the boy to the man. Even though she tries to talk to
    several time, the man doesn’t remember her. The child catches the flu and dies. After his death,
    when the woman found out that she also had another disease, she started writing these letters to
    the man. These letters reach the man when the woman dies, but the man still doesn’t remember
    the woman.

    2. What is the message / main idea of the story? (_____ / 10 pts.)

    - It tells us that love can actually be an obsession and our lives can flow by without realizing it because of this
    obsession.

    3. Which is your favorite part in the story, and why? (_____ / 10 pts.)

    - My favorite part was at the end when the guy found out everything and regretted it.

    4.Who is your favorite character in the story, and why? (_____ / 10 pts.)

    - I don’t have a favorite character because the woman is so helpless and the man is so careless.

    5.What do you think of the story? Find three things that are good, and three that are bad about the story. (___ / 15
    pts.)

    -Two things that are good: woman's refusal to give up, woman's great passion gor man. Two thing that are bad:
    makes woman look so helpless, man doesn’t remembering woman.

    6. If you could change the title of the book, what would it be? (_____ / 5 pts.)

    - A woman's passion.

    7.Why do you think other students would like it? (_____ / 5 pts.)
    - Because they may realize that what they thought was love in their lives is just an obsession.

    Imagine that you could give the story an alternative ending, how would you change it? (_____ / 20 pts.)

    - If I were writing the end of the book, I would write that the man remembers the woman and apologizes to her
    before she dies.

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