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  • Historical Miniatures

    Scenes from the History of the West

    Translated by Claud Field ...
    Complete and unabridged, with 59 full-page plates by Jacques-Louis David, Edvard Munch and Antoine-Jean Gros. Some two dozen scenes from history, each a few pages: the Egyptian bondage, Alcibiades, Socrates, Julian the Apostate, Attila, Peter the Hermit, the Great Czar — Strindberg walking into a room at the moment a life turns, and walking out again. He was a librarian, a telegraph clerk and a ... Read more

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  • The Red Room

    Translated by Ellie Schleussner ...
    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 make a splash as a writer, but as he begins to spend more time with various elite and exclusive cliques, he becomes all the more disillusioned. ... Read more

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  • Works Of August Strindberg: Miss Julia, The Father, Creditors, The Outlaw, The Road To Damascus, The Stronger And Other Plays (Mobi Collected Works)

    Translated by Edwin Björkman, Edith and Wärner Oland, Claud Field, Velma Swanston Howard and Graham RowsonThis collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, making it easier to access individual books, plays and acts. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in ... Read more

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  • The Red Room

    The Red Room is a haunting short story by H.G. Wells that delves into themes of fear, superstition, and the power of the unknown. Set in a mysterious and foreboding castle, the story follows a skeptical young man who accepts a challenge to spend a night in the infamous Red Room, rumored to be haunted. ... Read more

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  • A Blue Book

    August Strindberg's "A Blue Book" is a collection of essays by famous Swedish novelist and playwright, author of "Miss Julie", "The Ghost Sonata", "The Red Room", among others.This books deals mostly with philosophy, religion, spirituality, science and other subject matter, very much influenced by his readings of Emmanuel Swedenborg. In some ways, this book can be considered a conclusion to his ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • August Strindberg: 16 plays in English

    This file includes: There Are Crimes and Crimes, translated by Edwin Bjoerkman; Miss Julia 1888, translated by Edwin Bjoerkman; The Stronger 1889, translated by Edwin Bjoerkman; Creditors 1888, translated by Edwin Bjoerkman; Pariah 1888, translated by Edwin Bjoerkman; Comrades 1888, translated by Edith and Waerner Oland; Facing Death, translated by Edith and Waerner Oland; Easter 1900, translated ... Read more

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  • The Inferno

    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 to the letter the saying of Robertson of Brighton, "Woman and God are two rocks on which a man must either anchor or be wrecked." His four ... Read more

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  • Plays the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger

    The Father (1887) focuses on the battle for control over a child between a military captain and his wife, highlighting themes of jealousy, emotional manipulation, and the collapse of marriage. Strindberg delves into the psychological effects of power struggles and the destructive nature of jealousy within intimate relationships. Countess Julie (1888) examines the tragic consequences of class and ... Read more

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  • Lucky Pehr

    The story centers around Pehr, a poor man who is presented with a chance to achieve wealth and success. However, despite his initial happiness and good fortune, his luck begins to falter as he faces the complexities and contradictions of his life. Throughout the play, Pehr's journey serves as an allegory for the human condition, exploring the illusions of success and the emptiness of material ... Read more

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  • Lucky Pehr

    Lucky Pehr explores the tension between sheltered innocence and the desire for experience through a symbolic journey shaped by longing and illusion. The work centers on a protected existence removed from ordinary life, where routine and isolation create a powerful urge for escape. Supernatural influences introduce temptation in the form of promises that appear generous yet remain uncertain in ... Read more

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  • The Inferno

    The Inferno by August Strindberg ... Read more

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  • Plays: The Dream Play - The Link - The Dance of Death Part I and II

    Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over sixty plays and more than thirty works of fiction, autobiography, history, cultural analysis, and politics. A bold experimenter and iconoclast throughout, he explored a ... Read more

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