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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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- Hemsöborna(1887)
- I havsbandet(1890)
- Inferno(1897)
Nicolaus Falk satt på sitt kontor om morgonen på dagen före julafton. Han var sig icke fullt lik; tiden hade gallrat det ljusa håret på hans hjässa, och passionerna hade dikat små avlopp i ansiktet för all den syra som kvällde fram ur den vattensjuka marken. Han satt lutad över en liten smal bok av långkatekesens format, och i den arbetade hans penna som om han stack ut mönster. Det knackade på dörren och ögonblickligen försvann boken under pulpetklaffen och ett morgonblad intog dess plats. Falk var djupt inne i läsningen, då hans hustru trädde in. -- Sitt! sade Falk. -- Nej, det har jag inte tid med! Har du läst morgonbladet? -- Nej! -- Jaså, jag tycker du håller på! -- Ja, jag började just nu! -- Då har du väl läst om Arvids dikter? -- Jaså, ja, det läste jag! -- Nåå! Det var ju vackra lovord han fick! -- Det har han skrivit själv! -- Det sa du i går kväll när du läste Gråkappan också! -- Nå, vad vill du? -- Jag träffade amiralskan nyss; hon tackade för bjudningen och uttryckte sin glädje över att få träffa den unga skalden! -- Sa hon det? -- Ja, det gjorde hon!
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Mary Shelley
Frankenstein
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Crime and Punishment
Louisa May Alcott
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August Strindberg
Inferno
Marcel Proust
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Ernest Hemingway
In Our Time
Emily Brontë
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Jane Austen
Emma
Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis
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Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Hjalmar Söderberg
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Style is a very simple matter; it is all rhythm. Once you get that, you can't use the wrong words.
– Virginia Woolf
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– Gustave Flaubert
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