Description: A satire of the rapidly changing society of the 1870s, it was Strindberg's first novel and marked his literary breakthrough. It contains some of the great set-piece scenes in Swedish literature, a gallery of unforgettable caricatures in the spirit of Dickens, humour, pathos and satirical targets as apt now as they were then.
Review Quotes:
'...a scathing attack on every aspect of modern life.'
Rosalind Porter,
1000 Novels Everyone Must Read , The Guardian