The Son of a Servant

by August Strindberg, Claud Field

Overview

[...]his scientific curiosity, in the writings of an older chemist. Then he meets with Balzac's novel Seraphita, and a new ecstasy is added to his outreaching towards the knowledge he aspires to. Vivid temptations assail him; he materialises as objective personalities the powers that appear to place obstacles in the way of his researches. Again we observe the same phenomena as in the soul of the monk, yet always with this difference: Strindberg is the monk of science. Curious little[...]."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163176083
Publisher:	Walrus Books Publisher
Publication date:	06/25/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerlöf and Hans Christian Andersen he is arguably the most influential and famous of all Scandinavian authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His work falls into two major literary movements, Naturalism and Expressionism. He is widely read in Sweden and internationally to this day