''Alone'' ( sv, Ensam) is a novella from 1903 by
Swedish
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writer
August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty ...
. The protagonist is a 50-year-old writer who has returned to
Stockholm after spending several years in the countryside.
The novel has been subject to treatment by a number of literary researchers. An English translation of the novella by Arvid Paulson was published under the title ''Days of Loneliness'' (New York: Phaedra, 1971).
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Novels by August Strindberg
1903 Swedish novels
Swedish novellas
Novels set in Stockholm
Swedish-language novels
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