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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.
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FJORTONDE KAPITLET. Absint. En het eftermiddagssol glödgade gatstenarna i den stora Bergslagsstaden X-köping. I salen på stadskällaren var det ännu tyst och stilla; granriset låg på golvet och luktade begravning; de graderade likörflaskorna stodo i sina fack och sovo middag mitt emot brännvinsflaskorna med sina kommendörskedjor om halsarna, vilka hade fått permission till kvällen; Moraklockan, som aldrig fick sova middag, stod där lång som en mas upprest mot väggen och utminuterade tiden, under det den tycktes läsa på en väldig teateraffisch, som man spetsat upp på en klädhängare bredvid; salen var mycket lång och smal och bägge långväggarna voro besatta med björkbord, vilka sköto ut från väggen, så att salen fick utseende av ett stall, i det borden, alla på fyra fötter, bildade hästarna bundna vid väggen och med bakdelarna utåt rummet; men nu stodo alla och sovo, en och annan med ena bakbenet något lyft från marken, ty golvet var rätt gropigt, och att de sovo kunde man ju se, då flugorna gingo ostört på deras ryggar; men den sextonåriga kyparen, som satt och lutade sig mot Moramasen bredvid teateraffischen, han sov inte,
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– Gustave Flaubert
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