The Red Room by August Strindberg
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"The Red Room" by August Strindberg is a Swedish novel published in 1879. This biting satire follows Arvid Falk, a young civil servant who abandons bureaucracy to pursue journalism and writing. As he navigates Stockholm's social circles—politics, publishing, theatre, and business—he discovers layers of hypocrisy and corruption at every turn. He finds solace among a group of bohemians who gather in a red dining room to critique society. Widely considered the first
modern Swedish novel, this work launched Strindberg to fame across Scandinavia. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Strindberg, August, 1849-1912 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Schleussner, Ellie |
| Uniform Title | Röda rummet. English |
| Title | The Red Room |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Room_(Strindberg_novel) |
| Credits |
Produced by Charlene Taylor, Ron Stephens and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 37039 |
| Release Date | Aug 11, 2011 |
| Last Update | Jun 30, 2017 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 864 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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