When the renowned writer R. Levina returns from a refreshing three-day trip to the mountains, his servant presents him with several letters that were received in his absence. One of them seems particularly long: two dozen pages without an addressee, hastily written in an unrecognizable handwriting. And as soon as we too begin to read it, we will immediately realize that we are faced with a moving life story, the life history of an unknown soul, a confession of the secrets of a woman whose unrequited love has made her life a living, presented in a masterful literary monologue. "I wish to reveal my whole life to you, this life that truly began only the day I met you." A tremendous literary feat is hidden within the few pages of "A Letter from an Unknown." With perfect control of rhythm, a meticulous work of tone, a building of increasing tension, a burst of sensitivity that springs like a spring and with refinement in every sentence, Stefan Zweig presents one of the most wonderful and chilling novellas of his pen – a novella that has been adapted for film three times, translated into dozens of languages, and found in every classics library since its publication. "Nine Souls" is now proud to present a fine translation by Harel Kein, which is Stefan Zweig's eighth novella in his translation.