August Strindberg

Miss Julie is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve on the estate of a Count in Sweden. The young woman of the title is drawn to a senior servant, a valet named Jean, who is particularly well-traveled, well-mannered and well-read. The action takes place in the kitchen …

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 …

Hra snov je divadelná hra napísaná v roku 1901 švédskym dramatikom Augustom Strindbergom. Strindberg hru dokončil po psychotickej epizóde svojho života, počas ktorej trpel neurózami a utkvelými predstavami, že ho skupina bosoriek chce zavraždiť. Tieto roky svojho života neskôr opísal v denníkoch vydaných pod názvom …

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