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''The Confusions of Young Törless'' is a novel published in 1906, by Robert Musil.
''[[The Confusions of Young Törless]]'' is a novel published in 1906, by Robert Musil.


It begins as ostensibly a [[Coming of Age Story]] set in a military academy for young Austrian aristocrats, but blossoms into a dark and [[Values Resonance|at the time quite shocking]] exploration of morality . Törless is a homesick, intellectual young student attending boarding school in 19th century Austria. While he ponders mathematics and the nature of existence, two of his classmates, Beineberg and Reiting, set about the blackmail of another student, Basini, caught stealing money from them. And, of course, thieves must be punished, so Beineberg and Reiting set about doing so themselves. Their sadistic punishments grow in intensity, and soon the sadistic sexual undertones blossom into [[Rape as Drama|full-out text]], events to which Torless is a creepily passive observer.
It begins as ostensibly a [[Coming of Age Story]] set in a military academy for young Austrian aristocrats, but blossoms into a dark and [[Values Resonance|at the time quite shocking]] exploration of morality . Törless is a homesick, intellectual young student attending boarding school in 19th century Austria. While he ponders mathematics and the nature of existence, two of his classmates, Beineberg and Reiting, set about the blackmail of another student, Basini, caught stealing money from them. And, of course, thieves must be punished, so Beineberg and Reiting set about doing so themselves. Their sadistic punishments grow in intensity, and soon the sadistic sexual undertones blossom into [[Rape as Drama|full-out text]], events to which Torless is a creepily passive observer.


The novel was made into a film in 1966, directed by Volker Schlondorff.
The novel was made into a film in 1966, directed by Volker Schlondorff.
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* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]
* [[A Man Is Not a Virgin]]
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: In the novel, Beineberg is described as [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|attractive in an uncanny way]] but otherwise oddly featured and batlike. In the film, he looks like the love child of [[Hannibal Rising|Gaspard Ulliel as Hannibal]] and [[Harry Potter|Tom Riddle]].
* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]]: In the novel, Beineberg is described as [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|attractive in an uncanny way]] but otherwise oddly featured and batlike. In the film, he looks like the love child of [[Hannibal Rising|Gaspard Ulliel as Hannibal]] and [[Harry Potter|Tom Riddle]].
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The Confusions of Young Törless is a novel published in 1906, by Robert Musil.

It begins as ostensibly a Coming of Age Story set in a military academy for young Austrian aristocrats, but blossoms into a dark and at the time quite shocking exploration of morality . Törless is a homesick, intellectual young student attending boarding school in 19th century Austria. While he ponders mathematics and the nature of existence, two of his classmates, Beineberg and Reiting, set about the blackmail of another student, Basini, caught stealing money from them. And, of course, thieves must be punished, so Beineberg and Reiting set about doing so themselves. Their sadistic punishments grow in intensity, and soon the sadistic sexual undertones blossom into full-out text, events to which Torless is a creepily passive observer.

The novel was made into a film in 1966, directed by Volker Schlondorff.

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