Four Phases of Love by Paul Heyse - Paul Heyse was selected as the 1910 Nobel Laureate in Literature in recognition of " ... his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories." Four of this distinguished author's 177 short stories - Eye-Blindness and Soul-Blindness, Marion, La Rabbiata and By the Banks of the Tiber - all translated by G. H. Kingsley, were published as a collection, entitled Four Phases of Love
Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (15 March 1830 - 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the Tunnel über der Spree in Berlin and Die Krokodile in Munich, he wrote novels, poetry, 177 short stories, and about sixty dramas. The sum of Heyse's many and varied productions made him a dominant figure among German men of letters.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1910 "as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories."
