August Strindberg

Panna Julia to naturalistyczny dramat autorstwa Augusta Strindberga, napisany w roku 1888. Dzieło traktuje o walce klas, miłości, pożądaniu, wojnie płci i wzajemnych oddziaływaniach między nimi. Akcja dramatu rozgrywa się w dzień przesilenia letniego 1874 na dworze hrabiowskim w Szwecji. Julia, młoda arystokratka, …

The Red Room is a Swedish novel by August Strindberg that was first published in 1879. A satire of Stockholm society, it has frequently been described as the first modern Swedish novel. While receiving mixed reviews in Sweden, it was acclaimed in Denmark, where Strindberg was hailed as a genius. As a result of The Red …

The People of Hemsö is an 1887 novel by August Strindberg about the life of people of the island Hemsö in the Stockholm archipelago. Hemsö is a fictional island, but it is based on Kymmendö where Strindberg had spent time in his youth. Strindberg wrote the book to combat his homesickness while living abroad in Germany …

A Dream Play was written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. It was first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907. It remains one of Strindberg's most admired and influential dramas, seen as an important precursor to both dramatic Expressionism and Surrealism.

Inferno is an autobiographical novel by August Strindberg. Written in French in 1896-97 at the height of Strindberg's troubles with both censors and women, the book is concerned with Strindberg's life both in and after he lived in Paris, and explores his various obsessions, including alchemy, occultism, and …

When Axel Borg's attempts to introduce innovations into the declining fishing industry of the Stockholm archipelago fail, he seeks solitude