By the Open Sea

Name: By the Open Sea
Author: August Strindberg

by August Strindberg

Naturalistic novel about naval officers examining life, duty, and isolation at sea

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August Strindberg

Sweden's greatest playwright, Strindberg pioneered naturalism and then invented expressionism in a career of restless formal experimentation. His turbulent life—three marriages, mental breakdowns, paranoia—fed directly into his work. Miss Julie and The Ghost Sonata are landmarks of modern theater.

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