August Strindberg: 82 books

Book cover of The Son of a Servant
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerlöf and Hans Christian Andersen he is arguably the most influential and famous of all Scandinavian authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His...
Book cover of The Inferno
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Swedish novelist and playwright August Strindberg led a tumultuous life defined by giddy heights and despairing depths. One of his most intense periods of depression resulted in profound psychological and existential distress that Strindberg later came to refer to as his "Inferno" crisis. In this gripping...
Book cover of Zones of the Spirit

Zones of the Spirit

A Book of Thoughts

by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Swedish writer August Strindberg was a creative force of nature who produced significant works in a staggering array of fields, though he is best remembered around the world as an important innovator in the field of twentieth-century drama. Zones of the Spirit is an eclectic selection of Strindberg's thoughts, observations, and aphorisms that is sure to inspire.
Book cover of The Confession of a Fool
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

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 decided to air his side of the story in the guise of...
Book cover of Julie

Julie

After Strindberg

by Polly Stenham, August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2018

Wild and newly single, Julie throws a late night party. In the kitchen, Jean and Kristina clean up as the celebration heaves above them. Crossing the threshold, Julie initiates a power game with Jean. It descends into a savage fight for survival. Polly Stenham reimagines August Strindberg's...
Book cover of Lucky Pehr

Lucky Pehr

A Drama in Five Acts

by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Though Swedish author August Strindberg produced significant works in fields ranging from memoir to observations of the natural world, he is best remembered as a groundbreaking dramatist whose plays were far ahead of their time and helped to usher in a new era of literature. The five-act drama Lucky...
Book cover of Creditors (NHB Classic Plays)
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019

Young artist Adolf is deeply in love with his new wife Tekla – but a chance meeting with a suave stranger shakes his devotion to the core. Passionate, dangerously funny, and enduringly perceptive, Strindberg considered this wickedly enjoyable black comedy his masterpiece. August Strindberg's...
Book cover of In Midsummer Days

In Midsummer Days

And Other Tales

by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

For readers who are familiar with Swedish writer August Strindberg's early, groundbreaking works for the stage, the dreamy magical realism of the short story collection In Midsummer Days will likely come as a surprise. These tales veer sharply away from the unflinching realism that came to be associated...
Book cover of Easter
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2016

The Heyst family live under a shadow. The father is in prison for embezzlement and the daughter, Eleanora, has been committed to an asylum. Mrs Heyst and her son Elis live from day to day on the edge of collapse. They fear that they are on the brink of ruin, but as the snow melts and a single daffodil...
Book cover of Fair Haven and Foul Strand
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

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 of memorable characters shines through.
Book cover of The Red Room
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2018

The Red Room is a satirical novel written by Swedish author August Strindberg.  The book is considered to be the first modern Swedish novel and made Strindberg famous throughout Scandinavia.  This edition includes a table of contents.
Book cover of Zones of the Spirit: A Book of Thoughts
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015

Seldom has a man gone through such profound religious changes as this Swede, who died last May. The demonic element in him, which spurred him on restlessly, made him scale heaven and fathom hell, gave him glimpses of bliss and damnation. He bore the Cain's mark on his brow: "A fugitive and a wanderer...
Book cover of Plays the Father; Countess Julie; the Outlaw; the Stronger
by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2019

Since the accompanying biographical note, which aims solely at outlining the principal events of Strindberg's life up to 1912, was put in type, the news of his death from cancer, at Stockholm on May 14, 1912, has been reported. Of the plays included in the present volume, "The Father" and...
Book cover of Miss Julie

Miss Julie

Full Text and Introduction (NHB Drama Classics)

by August Strindberg
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2014

The NHB Drama Classics series presents the world's greatest plays in affordable, highly readable editions for students, actors and theatregoers. The hallmarks of the series are accessible introductions (focussing on the play's theatrical and historical background, together with an author biography,...
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