The Confession of a Fool by August Strindberg

"The Confession of a Fool" by August Strindberg is an autobiographical novel written in 1887–1888. This lightly fictionalized account chronicles Strindberg's tumultuous first marriage to Siri von Essen from 1874 to 1887. Written hastily in French as his marriage collapsed, Strindberg feared a conspiracy among European women to portray him as insane. The book reveals his version of the truth about their stormy relationship, leading to obscenity charges and a pirated publication that appeared despite his protests. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Strindberg, August, 1849-1912
Translator Schleussner, Ellie
Uniform Title Le plaidoyer d'un fou. English
Title The Confession of a Fool
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defence_of_a_Fool
Credits Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Scans generously made available by the Internet Archive.)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 70.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures
Subject Authors, Swedish -- 19th century -- Biography
Subject Strindberg, August, 1849-1912
Category Text
eBook-No. 44106
Release Date
Last Update Oct 23, 2024
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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