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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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ut. Ett och annat glas hade mist foten, cigarraska var strödd på den nedsölade duken, tändstickor lågo kastade kring golvet. Genom hålen på fönsterluckorna trängde nu dagsljuset in och bröt sig i långa strålar genom tobaksmolnet och bildade en kabbalistisk figur på bordsduken mellan de två troshjältarna, vilka voro som ivrigast i färd med att omredigera Augsburgiska Bekännelsen. De talade nu med väsande röster, deras hjärnor voro förslöade, orden kommo allt torrare, expansionen minskades, oaktat den flitiga eldningen, man försökte ännu att skruva upp sig i extasen, men den flämtade och flämtade, anden flydde, de betydelselösa orden frambragtes ännu, men snart slocknade den sista gnistan; de bedövade hjärnorna, vilka arbetat som piskade snurror, sackade av och föllo ohjälpligt. Blott en tanke stod klar -- man måste gå och sova, eller man vämjdes vid varandra, man ville vara ensam. Nyström väcktes. Levin omfamnade Carl Nicolaus och stoppade tre cigarrer i fickan. Man hade kommit för högt, för att så hastigt kunna stiga ner igen och tala om reversen. Avsked växlades, värden släppte ut gästerna
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