Chapter XVII -- NaturaChapter XVIII -- Nihilism; Chapter XIX -- From Churchyard to Public-House; Chapter XX -- On the Altar; Chapter XXI -- A Soul Overboard; Chapter XXII -- Hard Times; Chapter XXIII -- Audiences; Chapter XXIV -- On Sweden; Chapter...
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Chapter XVII -- NaturaChapter XVIII -- Nihilism; Chapter XIX -- From Churchyard to Public-House; Chapter XX -- On the Altar; Chapter XXI -- A Soul Overboard; Chapter XXII -- Hard Times; Chapter XXIII -- Audiences; Chapter XXIV -- On Sweden; Chapter XXV -- Checkmate; Chapter XXVI -- Correspondence; Chapter XXVII -- Recovery; Chapter XXVIII -- From Beyond the Grave; Chapter XXIX -- Revue; Chapter XXX -- Epilogue; Endnotes. Fans of well-honed satire will enjoy The Red Room, August Strindberg's no-holds-barred send-up of the pretensions of Swedish high society in the late nineteenth century. Earnest government worker Arvid Falk leaves his old life behind and tries to make a splash as a writer, but as he begins to spend more time with various elite and exclusive cliques, he becomes all the more disillusioned Title; Contents; Chapter I -- A Bird's-Eye View of Stockholm; Chapter II -- Between Brothers; Chapter III -- The Artists' Colony; Chapter IV -- Master and Dogs; Chapter V -- At the Publisher's; Chapter VI -- The Red Room; Chapter VII -- The Imitation of Christ; Chapter VIII -- Poor Mother Country; Chapter IX -- Bills of Exchange; Chapter X -- The Newspaper Syndicate Grey Bonnet -- Chapter XI -- Happy People; Chapter XII -- Marine Insurance Society Triton -- Chapter XIII -- Divine Ordinance; Chapter XIV -- Absinth; Chapter XV -- The Theatrical Company Phoenix -- Chapter XVI -- In the White Mountains.
