Andreas

Andreasis a novel of violence and naivety, pathos and melancholy. Set in the 18th century, it tells the story of a young Viennese aristocrat who intends to travel alone to Venice as the first stage of his "Grand Tour". On his journey, he acquires an unsavory servant who unleashes a trail of destruction and violence which taints and corrupts Andreas's first experience of love. Andreas's loss of innocence takes place in the misty alleyways and gloomy palaces of Venice, whose masked inhabitants confuse and entice him.Hofmannsthal, Hugo von is the author of 'Andreas' with ISBN 9781901285017 and ISBN 1901285014.