Miss Julie (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: August Strindberg
- First Published: 1888
- Type of Work: Naturalistic Tragedy
- Genres: Naturalistic literature, Drama
- Subjects: France or French people, Nineteenth century, Literature, Lawyers, Servants, Personality, Tragedy, Environment or environmental health, Sweden or Swedish people
- Locales: Sweden
The plot combines sexual and social clashes. Miss Julie is the 25-year-old daughter of the widowed landowner of a large estate in the Swedish countryside. Her father’s weak nature has taught her to despise men; her emancipated mother taught her to dominate and tyrannize them; her former fiance filled her with egalitarian notions that temper her arrogance; her strong libido checks her masculine inclination; her unconscious drives lead her toward dirt, degradation, and death.
The action has Julie flirt with and erotically provoke her father’s valet, 30-year-old Jean, in the...
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