Miss Julie (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: August Strindberg
- First Published: 1888
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: A country estate in Sweden
- Principal Characters: Miss Julie, Jean, Christine
- 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 Story:
Miss Julie’s broken engagement to the county attorney was quite a scandal to the servants in the house. Miss Julie, daughter of a count, had made the man actually jump over her horsewhip several times, giving him a cut with the whip each time. He had finally put an end to such conduct and the engagement by snatching the whip, breaking it, and striding away from the manor.
A few weeks later, on Midsummer Eve, a great holiday observed throughout the Swedish countryside, Miss Julie entered into the festivities and danced with the servants. She dared to do so...
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