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What other subjects are there?\" -Arthur Schnitzler\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternational literary icon Arthur Schnitzler is best known today for his 1926 novella \u003cem\u003eTraumnovelle\u003c\/em\u003e, the basis for Stanley Kubrick's \u003cem\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/em\u003e - yet this comprehensive biography reveals a legacy far more expansive. 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