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Book Club Discussions for The Last Waltz

1.What faction of Viennese Society does each of the main characters represent?

2. How is what happens to them symbolic?

3. What do the following characters think of Amalia?
Eberhard
Andrzej
Rudolf
Uncle Lorenz
Trudi
Wolf
Louisa

4. How do the following characters change and develop through the novel?Amalia
Andrzej
Eberhard
Rudolf
Grandmama Eugenia
Gretel Faulhaber
Wolf

5. What theme or themes would you say the novel portrays?

6. How is this novel relevant to our lives today?

7. Would change the ending? If so, why?

8. What does the ending symbolize?

9. What forces shaped each of Amalia's suitor's personalities?