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August Strindberg
Book List in Order: 38 titles
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The German Lieutenant: And Other Stories
- Jan-1915
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It was fourteen days after Sedan, in the middle of September, 1870. A former clerk in the Prussian Geological Survey, later a lieutenant in the reserve, named Von Bleichroden, sat in his shirt-sleeves before a writing-table in the Café du Cercle, th...
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The Roofing Ceremony and the Silver Lake
- Jan-2001
- / General Fiction
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The Roofing Ceremony is a powerful, ultimately hopeful short novel that will revise the narrow view of August Strindberg as merely a misogynist and the gloomiest of Scandinavian writers. This novel has an inwardness, irreducibly and complexly human, ...
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The Father
- Sep-2003
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Many experiences in the personal life of dramatist August Strindberg involved duels between the sexes, with ruthless, aggressive women usurping the supposedly male prerogatives of decision-making and leadership. Strindberg explores this theme in dept...
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Tschandala
- Apr-2008
- / Historical
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Strindberg (1849-1912) is best known internationally as Sweden's greatest dramatist. Less well known outside Sweden is the range of his other writings-novels, short stories, essays, journalism, and poetry. This novella, translated into English here f...
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In Midsummer Days and Other Tales
- Aug-2008
- / General Fiction
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This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts ...
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The Red Room
- Sep-2009
- / General Fiction
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Fans of well-honed satire will enjoy The Red Room, August Strindberg's no-holds-barred send-up of the pretensions of Swedish high society in the late nineteenth century. Earnest government worker Arvid Falk leaves his old life behind and tries to mak...
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The People of Hemso
- Jan-2013
- / General Fiction
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A feat of straightforward folksy storytelling, The People of Hemso is set on an island in Strindberg's beloved Stockholm archipelago. Written during a difficult period in exile from Sweden, the novel paradoxically has a strong sense of place. Mrs. Fl...
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The Confession of a Fool
- Nov-2013
- / General Fiction
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Though remarkably creative, Swedish writer and artist August Strindberg had a very stormy personal life that was fraught with drama, controversy and scandal. In the 1890s, as his marriage to Finnish actress Siri von Essen was crumbling, Strindberg de...
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The Inferno
- Nov-2013
- / Psychological Suspense
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An American critic says "Strindberg is the greatest subjectivist of all time." Certainly neither Augustine, Rousseau, nor Tolstoy have laid bare their souls to the finest fibre with more ruthless sincerity than the great Swedish realist. He fulfilled...
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The Growth of a Soul
- Apr-2014
- / General Fiction
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In his personal life, Swedish playwright and novelist August Strindberg placed great importance on personal development and progression, even if that process proved to be unbearably painful and disruptive. That value system is reflected throughout th...
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The Son of a Servant
- Apr-2014
- / General Fiction
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Swedish playwright and novelist August Strindberg led a remarkable life, oscillating from periods of institutionalization to an intense study of the occult and then back to working his creative magic as a producer of some of the most indelibly origin...
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The German Lieutenant and Other Stories
- Jul-2014
- / General Fiction
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August Strindberg. Born at Stockholm, January 22, 1849; died there, May 14, 1912. A Swedish dramatist and novelist, a leader of modern Swedish literature. Among his plays are "Master Olof" (1872), "Gilletshemlighet" (1880), "Fadren" (1887), "Froken J...
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On the Seaboard
- Sep-2014
- / Literary
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What starts out as an account of a humdrum administrative assignment is elevated to an existential examination of the meaning of life in Swedish author August Strindberg's novel On the Seaboard. A bureaucrat is sent to a remote island outpost with th...
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Zones of the Spirit
- Oct-2014
- / General Fiction
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This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for pri...
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The Outlaw
- Feb-2015
- / General Fiction
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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The Outlaw & the Stronger
- Feb-2015
- / General Fiction
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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Plays the Father, Countess Julie, the Outlaw, the Stronger
- Feb-2015
- / General Fiction
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This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....
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The Defence of a Madman
- Mar-2015
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This autobiographical novel is based on Strindberg's life in the 1870s and 1880s, and focuses on his marriage to Siri von Essen. It purports to be a vehicle for explaining to himself his role in the relationship from its ecstatic beginnings to its ca...
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Am offnen Meer
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Countess Julie
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Creditors
ADOLPH. [Uneasily] I don't know. You live with a woman for years, and you never stop to analyse her, or your relationship with her, and then--then you begin to think--and there you are!--Gustav, you are my friend. The only male friend I have. During ...
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The Creditor
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Fair Haven and Foul Strand
Over the course of his remarkably varied literary career, Swedish writer August Strindberg produced plays, poetry, novels, essays, and memoirs. In the short stories collected in Fair Haven and Foul Strand, Strindberg's unparalleled skill as a creator...
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Hems borna
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Historical Miniatures
Swedish polymath August Strindberg delivers a fascinating volume in Historical Miniatures. Just as the title implies, these are short vignettes drawn from history and presented in narrative form. You'll learn about day-to-day life in past eras -- wit...
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Kulturhistoriska Studier
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Lucky Pehr
" ...]asleep and forgot the tower shutters; once he rang the bell when fire broke loose. Merry Christmas, Elf and many of them. Takes up rat-trap and sets it.] Here's your Christmas mess, Satan's rats A VOICE. Curse not Christmas OLD MAN. I belie...
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The Road To Damascus
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Samlade Otryckta Skrifter, Volume 1
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning...
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Samlade Skrifter, Volume 5
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Samlade Skrifter, Volume 7
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