Alfred Nobel made his name as an inventor and successful
entrepreneur and left a legacy as a philanthropist and promoter of
learning and social progress. The correspondence between Nobel and
his Viennese mistress, Sofie Hess, shines a light on his private
life and reveals a personality that differs significantly from his
public image. The letters show him as a hypochondriac and
workaholic and as a paranoid, jealous, and patriarchal lover.
Indeed, the relationship between the aging Alfred Nobel and the
carefree, spendthrift Sofie Hess will strike readers as
dysfunctional and worthy of Freudian analysis. Erika Rummel's
masterful translation and annotations reveal the value of the
letters as commentary on 19th century social mores: the concept of
honour and reputation, the life of a "kept" woman, the prevalence
of antisemitism, the importance of spas as health resorts and
entertainment centres, the position of single mothers, and more
generally the material culture of a rich bourgeois gentleman. A
Nobel Affair is the first translation into English of the complete
correspondence between Alfred Nobel and Sofie Hess.
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