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Röda Rummet
by August Strindberg
Röda Rummet is a novel by August Strindberg, published in 1879. It is a satirical novel that explores the themes of class, politics, and the human condition. The novel is considered to be a part of Strindberg’s early, naturalistic period.
- Tjänsteqvinnans son(1886)
- Hemsöborna(1887)
- I havsbandet(1890)
- Inferno(1897)
trodde. Konstdomaren å sin sida var en gammal akademiker, vilken aldrig tagit i en pensel, men som tillhörde det lysande artistsällskapet Minerva, varigenom han sattes i tillfälle att för allmänheten beskriva konstverk innan de voro gjorda, så att denna besparades besväret att göra sig sitt omdöme själv. Han var alltid mild mot sina bekanta, och glömde aldrig någon enda av dem när han refererade en utställning, och han hade en sådan mångårig vana att skriva vackert om dem, och huru skulle han våga annat, att han kunde omnämna tjugu stycken på en halv spalt, varigenom hans kritiker kommo att påminna om den kända leken »tavlor och deviser». De unga däremot omnämnde han samvetsgrant aldrig, så att allmänheten, som i tio år aldrig hört andra än de gamlas, började misströsta om konstens framtid. Ett undantag hade han dock gjort, och det var just nu gjort, och tyvärr i en olycklig stund, och det var därför Gråkappan befann sig i en upprörd sinnesstämning om denna morgonen. Detta hade hänt: Sellén, om vi erinra oss det obetydliga namnet från ett föregående icke
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– Virginia Woolf
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– Gustave Flaubert
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