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1) Miss Julie
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
"In Miss Julie, a willful young aristocrat, whose perverse nature has already driven her fiancé to break off their engagement, pursues and effectively seduces her father's valet during the course of a Midsummer's Eve celebration. The progress of that seduction and the play's stunning denouement shocked Swedish audiences who first attended the play in 1889. Despite its controversial debut, this now-classic drama, inspired by the new ideas of naturalism...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
This collection of plays by Swedish playwright and writer, August Strindberg, are a testimony to his title as "the father of modern literature" in Sweden, as well as to his distinction as one of the most important playwrights of the 20th century. Beginning with two of his popular, early plays, "The Father" and "Miss Julie," this edition explores Strindberg's crucial transition from Naturalism to Modernism, concluding with "The Dance of Death," "A...
3) Plays
Author
Pub. Date
[1962]
Language
English
Description
Plays features "There are Crimes and Crimes," a play about intoxication and failure, which the author said was his triumph after a crisis at age fifty, and "Miss Julia," a complex work about power in all its forms-including love. Also included are "The Stronger," "Creditors," and "Pariah."
Author
Series
A Doubleday anchor book volume A54
Pub. Date
1955.
Edition
[First edition].
Language
English
19) Miss Julie
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A wealthy aristocrat and her father's valet's innocent flirtation turns into a heated and dangerous affair that tests the boundaries of class and desire.
Series
The Criterion collection volume 416
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Swedish
Description
"Miss Julie" takes place one Midsummer Night, during the festival when all Sweden celebrates the midnight sun and a full day of light. At a posh country estate, the servants sing, dance, and drink the day away. The Count is celebrating elsewhere, only his daughter Julie remains. She is ready to dance and drink with the lower class, especially her handsome footman Jean. Both are trapped by the repressive society, rigid class system, and strict gender...
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