Den allvarsamma leken

Name: Den allvarsamma leken
Author: Hjalmar Soderberg

by Hjalmar Soderberg

Swedish novel about passion and morality within marriage and social convention

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Hjalmar Soderberg

Swedish author known for his elegant, ironic prose style and his mordant observation of Stockholm bourgeois society. Doctor Glas is his masterpiece, a groundbreaking psychological novel narrated by a murderous physician.

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