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Gustus Strindberg is the founder of modern Swedish literature and the most outstanding novelist and dramatist in the history of Swedish literature. Although the era in which he lived was more than a century different from today, the Swedish ambassador to China still used the term "amazingly modern and contemporary" to describe the significance of Strindberg's works to today. Because his works repeatedly violated bans, Strindberg also missed out on the Nobel Prize in Literature, but the Royal Swedish Academy of Literature is still facing condemnation from public opinion. Eugene O'Neill, winner of the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature, publicly confessed: "It was Strindberg's works that first aroused my concept of modern drama."

This book contains Strindberg's famous novels and plays. The novel "The Red Room" tells the story of the survival dilemma of young intellectuals in Sweden in the 19th century. "Miss Julie" is a famous play in the history of modern drama, which reflects the writer's opposition to the women's movement. "Drama of a Dream" is the most expressionistic drama work. It not only prominently reflects the writer's superb drama creation skills, but also comprehensively demonstrates the unique charm of expressionist drama. The 1907 "Ghost Sonata" brought nightmares and ghosts to the stage. This drama is known as the source of Expressionist literature.