Project Gutenberg 2011-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 217 Strindberg, August 1849 1912 Strindberg, Johan August Schleussner, Ellie Röda rummet. English The Red Room Produced by Charlene Taylor, Ron Stephens and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Red Room" by August Strindberg is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story primarily follows Arvid Falk, a young man in search of his place in society, as he navigates the struggles and disillusionments of life as a government employee before deciding to pursue a career in literature. It delves into themes of social critique, personal ambition, and the complexities of human interaction against the backdrop of Stockholm. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to the vibrant and chaotic atmosphere of Stockholm during spring. Arvid Falk is depicted as he reflects on his dissatisfaction with his civil service job and the bureaucratic nature of government work. He meets Mr. Struve, a contributor to a liberal publication, and discusses the future of their careers. As Falk expresses his intention to leave his stable but unsatisfying position for the uncertainty of writing, Struve cautions him about the challenges that lie ahead. This sets the tone for Falk's journey as he grapples with the dichotomy between societal expectations and his aspirations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction PT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 680521 680530 2024-09-15T14:19:38.504695 2023-09-16T07:42:09.890416 text/html text/html 696763 2017-06-30T08:27:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 249652 2017-06-30T08:27:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 309005 2024-09-15T14:19:49.073687 application/epub+zip 315022 2024-09-15T14:19:40.641732 application/epub+zip 315023 2024-09-15T14:19:39.424727 application/epub+zip 525819 2024-09-15T14:19:55.432642 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 471962 2024-09-15T14:19:47.951651 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472076 2022-09-17T04:46:10.723815 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598142 597917 2024-09-15T14:19:36.420731 2023-09-16T07:42:07.947420 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 597669 2017-06-30T08:27:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 234420 2017-06-30T08:27:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 597783 2017-06-30T08:27:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 234265 2017-06-30T08:27:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20822 2024-09-15T14:19:55.576685 application/rdf+xml 9686 2024-09-15T14:19:39.798688 image/jpeg 2707 2024-09-15T14:19:39.608710 image/jpeg 290303 2024-09-15T14:19:38.561715 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia sv.wikipedia