Chess

<b>Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible mini editions of short stories, novellas, and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith<br>A Penguin Classics Hardcover</b><br><br>A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd—a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig’s acclaimed novella <i>Chess</i> is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of the past.