The cover page is adapted from Portrait of August Strindberg, a painting completed in 1905 by Richard Bergh. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Berghwww.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
The Red Room
Chapters (30)
- I: A Bird’s-Eye View of Stockholm 0:00
- II: Between Brothers 29:16
- III: The Artists’ Colony 47:29
- IV: Master and Dogs 1:16:08
- V: At the Publisher’s 1:58:50
- VI: The Red Room 2:21:32
- VII: The Imitation of Christ 2:54:48
- VIII: Poor Mother Country 3:08:08
- IX: Bills of Exchange 3:34:05
- X: The Newspaper Syndicate “Grey Bonnet” 3:45:20
- XI: Happy People 4:08:47
- XII: Marine Insurance Society “Triton” 4:31:29
- XIII: Divine Ordinance 4:52:22
- XIV: Absinthe 5:12:12
- XV: The Theatrical Company “Phoenix” 5:39:19
- XVI: In the White Mountains 6:04:57
- XVII: Natura … 6:34:15
- XVIII: Nihilism 6:40:46
- XIX: From Churchyard to Public-House 7:03:28
- XX: On the Altar 7:30:42
- XXI: A Soul Overboard 7:40:45
- XXII: Hard Times 7:53:40
- XXIII: Audiences 8:07:51
- XXIV: On Sweden 8:20:54
- XXV: Checkmate 8:59:09
- XXVI: Correspondence 9:33:45
- XXVII: Recovery 9:51:25
- XXVIII: From Beyond the Grave 10:00:58
- XXIX: Revue 10:21:25
- XXX: Epilogue 10:42:27
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August Strindberg’s novel The Red Room centers on the civil servant Arvid Falk as he tries to find meaning in his life through the pursuit of writing. He’s accompanied by a crew of painters, sculptors and philosophers each on their own journey for the truth, who meet in the “Red Room” of a local restaurant.
Drawing heavily on August’s own experiences, The Red Room was published in Sweden in 1879. Its reception was less than complimentary in Sweden—a major newspaper called it “dirt”—but it fared better in the rest of Scandinavia and soon was recognized in his home country. Since then it has been translated into multiple languages, including the 1913 English translation by Ellie Schleussner presented here.