Johan August Strindberg was born on January 22nd 1849 in Stockholm in Sweden. It was only at the age of 32 that Strindberg managed to break through as a playwright with 'Master Olef'. Of course with a predecessor as famous as Henrik Ibsen overshadowing everything it was difficult, perhaps, to make headway. However Stringberg took to the task, exploring a wide range of styles, experimenting at every opportunity and with The Red Room wrote what is lauded as the first modern Swedish novel. His career spanned some 60 plays and another 30 novels and associated texts. Whilst he was prolific writer...

Arvid Falk, un joven idealista y generoso, deja su empleo para dedicarse a la literatura militante. Al cabo de muchas experiencias amargas, vuelve a su vida de empleado y, ya sin ilusiones, dedica sus horas libres a la numismatica. A la figura de Arvid se contrapone la de su hermano, Carl Nicolaus, mezquino e hipocrita pero, sin embargo, con un fondo de humanidad verdadera. Una serie extraordinariamente incisiva de retratos de personajes y ambientes de la sociedad sueca de la epoca completan el impresionante edificio narrativo de la novela: figuras de la vida bohemia, periodistas sin...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

En la obra La senorita Julia, August Strindberg recrea habilmente la lucha de clases, el poder y las tensiones en el seno de las clases altas frente a los intentos de renovacion de las clases populares que, aun con sus contradicciones, abandonan sus viejos papeles de sumision. Todo acontece en la cocina de una mansion aristocratica, en donde la senorita Julia, hija del dueno, intima intencionalmente con un criado de nombre Juan. La senorita padece un desequilibrio mental, producto de su formacion de infancia y el criado aprovecha esto para utilizarla y expresar toda la rabia de su condicion...