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In the old days, one married a wife; now one forms a company with a female partner, or moves in to live with a friend. And then one seduces the partner, or defiles the friend.
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I see the playwright as a lay preacher peddling the ideas of his time in popular form.
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The Family! Home of all social evils, a charitable institution for indolent women, a prison workshop for the slaving breadwinner, and a hell for children.
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Born:
January 22, 1849
Died:
May 14, 1912
(aged 63)
Bio:
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.
Known for:
Miss Julie (1888)
The Father
A Dream Play (1907)
The Dance of Death (1901)
The Ghost Sonata (1908)
Most used words:
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