Historical dream account · German · original text

Historical dream record 1919-06-04

Arthur Schnitzler

Arthur Schnitzler: Tagebuch 1879–1931 — digital edition (2021) · Dated diary entry 1919-06-04; text body

Träume fast allnächtlich ― von O., gutes und böses nie sehr klar;― heute ― Doppelselbstmord, sie und ich; ich war aber nicht so eigentlich betheiligt, sie lag im Bett ― ich gab ihr Wein, vielleicht auch Veronal;― sie sagte (wie zur Erklärung:) Wir haben uns gegenseitig zu bestechen gesucht, aber es war vergeblich (oder so ähnlich).―

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An original German dream account recorded in Arthur Schnitzler’s diary. This exact continuous excerpt is preserved without translation or reconstruction. Its date is the diary entry date, not independent verification of the dream’s events.

Arthur Schnitzler: Tagebuch1879–1931. Digital edition, Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities / Austrian Academy of Sciences (2021), diary entry 1919-06-04. Exact excerpt from pinned TEI XML; repository blanket CC BY-SA4.0 retained.

Digital edition credits: Martin Anton Müller; Werner Welzig; Peter Michael Braunwarth; Susanne Pertlik; Reinhard Urbach; Konstanze Fliedl; Richard Miklin; Maria Neyses; Walter Ruprechter. Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage / Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Based on the print edition (Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981–2000).

Diary entry date; dream generally previous night unless entry says otherwise

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Dated diary entry 1919-06-04; text body

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Content notes
  • Self harm ideation
  • Death loss

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