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THE SON OF A SERVANT

BY

AUGUST STRINDBERG

AUTHOR OF "THE INFERNO," "ZONES OF THE SPIRIT," ETC.


TRANSLATED BY CLAUD FIELD


WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY

HENRY VACHER-BURCH

G.P. PUTNAM'S SONS

NEW YORK AND LONDON

The Knickerbocker Press

1913




CONTENTS


     I.    Fear and Hunger
    II.    Breaking-In
   III.    Away from Home
    IV.    Intercourse with the Lower Classes
     V.    Contact with the Upper Classes
    VI.    The School of the Cross
   VII.    First Love
  VIII.    The Spring Thaw
    IX.    With Strangers
     X.    Character and Destiny




AUGUST STRINDBERG AS NOVELIST


_From the Publication of "The Son of a Servant" to "The Inferno"_
(1886-1896)

A celebrated statesman is said to have described the biography of a
cardinal as being like the Judgment Day. In reading August Strindberg's
autobiographical writings, as, for example, his _Inferno_, and the book
for which this study is a preface, we must remember that he portrays
his own Judgment Day. And as his works have come but lately before the
great British public, it may be well to consider what attitude should
be adopted towards the amazing candour of his self-revelation. In most
provinces of life other than the comprehension of our fellows, the art
of understanding is making great progress