Project Gutenberg 2011-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 598 Strindberg, August 1849 1912 Strindberg, Johan August Schleussner, Ellie Röda rummet. English The Red Room Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Room_(Strindberg_novel) 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.) Reading ease score: 80.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Stockholm (Sweden) -- Fiction PT Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 680652 2025-06-15T06:42:41.467301 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 328623 2025-06-15T06:42:53.083220 application/epub+zip 334380 2025-06-15T06:42:44.311289 application/epub+zip 334380 2025-06-15T06:42:42.649279 application/epub+zip 555493 2025-06-15T06:42:59.647181 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 501636 2025-06-15T06:42:51.702221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472076 2022-09-17T04:46:10.723815 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 598142 2025-06-15T06:42:39.421283 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 21127 2025-06-15T06:42:59.811187 application/rdf+xml 9754 2025-06-15T06:42:43.241277 image/jpeg 2686 2025-06-15T06:42:42.942277 image/jpeg 307885 2025-06-15T06:42:41.525333 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog sv.wikipedia en.wikipedia