The Red Room
August Strindberg
Read by William Peck
A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities ā politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business ā he finds more hypocrisy and corruption than he thought possible. He takes refuge with a group of "bohemians", who meet in a red dining room in Berns Salonger to discuss these matters. (Introduction adopted from Wikipedia) (10 hr 4 min)
Chapters
01 - A Bird's-Eye View of Stockholm | 29:34 | Read by William Peck |
02 - Between Brothers | 18:05 | Read by William Peck |
03 - The Artists' Colony | 26:44 | Read by William Peck |
04 - Master and Dogs | 41:06 | Read by William Peck |
05 - At the Publisher's | 22:00 | Read by William Peck |
06 - The Red Room | 31:15 | Read by William Peck |
07 - The Imitation of Christ | 13:51 | Read by William Peck |
08 - Poor Mother Country | 24:26 | Read by William Peck |
09 - Bills of Exchange | 11:01 | Read by William Peck |
10 - The Newspaer Syndicate 'Grey Bonnet' | 23:29 | Read by William Peck |
11 - Happy People | 22:08 | Read by William Peck |
12 - Marine Insurance Society 'Triton' | 20:28 | Read by William Peck |
13 - Divine Ordinance | 19:43 | Read by William Peck |
14 - Absinth | 24:16 | Read by William Peck |
15 - The Theatrical Company 'Phoenix' | 23:36 | Read by William Peck |
16 - In the White Mountains | 26:40 | Read by William Peck |
17 - Natura.... | 5:40 | Read by William Peck |
18 - Nihilism | 20:16 | Read by William Peck |
19 - From Churchyard to Public-House | 23:45 | Read by William Peck |
20 - On the Altar | 8:21 | Read by William Peck |
21 - A Soul Overboard | 11:07 | Read by William Peck |
22 - Hard Times | 12:11 | Read by William Peck |
23 - Audiences | 10:46 | Read by William Peck |
24 - On Sweden | 34:01 | Read by William Peck |
25 - Checkmate | 29:24 | Read by William Peck |
26 - Correspondence | 16:11 | Read by William Peck |
27 - Recovery | 9:07 | Read by William Peck |
28 - From Beyond the Grave | 17:57 | Read by William Peck |
29 - Revue | 18:31 | Read by William Peck |
30 - Epilogue | 9:03 | Read by William Peck |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
Omg.. If you have ever seen the MASH episode where he tries to become a writer... This is how this book is read. The story whilst old fashioned seems good, but I just can't get thru another chapter of the disjointed was it is read.