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1945 anthology by Christopher Isherwood

The Berlin Stories is a 1945 omnibus by Anglo-American writer Christopher Isherwood and consisting of the novelsMr Norris Changes Trains (1935) and Goodbye to Berlin (1939).

The two novels are set in Jazz AgeBerlin between 1930 and 1933 on the cusp of Adolf Hitler's ascent to power. Berlin is portrayed by Isherwood during this chaotic interwar period as a carnival of debauchery and despair inhabited by desperate people who are unaware of the national catastrophe that awaits them.

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The first novel focuses on the misadventures of Arthur Norris, a character based upon an unscrupulous businessman named Gerald Hamilton whom Isherwood met in the Weimar Republic. The second novel recounts the travails of various Berlin denizens whose lives are directly or indirectly affected by the Nazis' rise to power.

Isherwood based the character of Sally Bowles on teenage cabaret singer Jean Ross, Isherwood's intimate friend during