Alone (novella)

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Alone
Author August Strindberg
Original titleEnsam
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish
Published1903 (1903)

Alone (Swedish : Ensam) is a novella from 1903 by Swedish writer August Strindberg. The protagonist is a 50-year-old writer who has returned to Stockholm after spending several years in the countryside. [1] The novel has been subject to treatment by a number of literary researchers. An English translation of the novella by Arvid Paulson was published under the title Days of Loneliness (New York: Phaedra, 1971).

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References

  1. Selboe, Tone (2010). "De andres hjem: August Strindbergs Ensam (1903)". Edda. Scandinavian Journal of Literary Research (in Norwegian). Universitetsforlaget. 97 (1): 16–27.