''Alone'' ( sv, Ensam) is a novella from 1903 by

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writer

August Strindberg Johan August Strindberg (, ; 22 January 184914 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter.Lane (1998), 1040. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than sixty p ...

. The protagonist is a 50-year-old writer who has returned to

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after spending several years in the countryside. The novel has been subject to treatment by a number of literary researchers. An English translation of the novella by Arvid Paulson was published under the title ''Days of Loneliness'' (New York: Phaedra, 1971).

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Novels by August Strindberg 1903 Swedish novels Swedish novellas Novels set in Stockholm Swedish-language novels {{1900s-novel-stub

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