Fairy Tales
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Intermediate and advanced learners of Finnish who wish to use literary works for reading practice
- Readers studying the full range of Strindberg's work and the multilingual dissemination of Nordic literature
- Readers interested in Nordic fairy tales and short narratives who are comfortable reading in a non-native language
Not a good fit for
- Ordinary readers with no Finnish at all who only want a Chinese translation
- Parents expecting traditional cozy fairy tales or family read-aloud material
- Beginning readers of foreign literature who need systematic notes and introductions
Reading tips
- First read one piece straight through to gauge the language difficulty and narrative style, then decide between intensive and extensive reading
- Prepare a Finnish dictionary or translation tools; mark unfamiliar words first and look them up after finishing a passage
- Read alongside Strindberg's plays to appreciate the affinities in narrative interest
About the publisher
Project Gutenberg is a digital publishing project focused on public-domain ebooks. Its publishing direction centers on classic literary works whose copyright has expired, covering genres such as poetry, drama, fiction, and epic. Representative books include Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge, Proust's Du côté de chez Swann, Shakespeare's Macbeth and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Homer's The Iliad, Dante's La Divina Comèdia: Purgatòri, Cervantes's The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, and Grahame's The Wind in the Willows. Its author resources consist mainly of classic Western writers such as Wordsworth, Proust, Shakespeare, Homer, Dante, Cervantes, Grahame, and Tolstoy. Its publishing feature is the provision of freely accessible ebooks in EPUB and Kindle formats; it is not a traditional publisher, and publicly available information is limited.
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About the author
August Strindberg (1849-1912) was a Swedish writer whose 57 works are held in this collection. His output spans novels and drama, with representative works including the novel The Red Room and plays such as Fräulein Julie, The Father, and The Road to Damascus, as well as the Plays by August Strindberg series and the autobiographical The Son of a Servant. His writing often deals with marriage, class, and relations between the sexes, and his style moved from naturalism toward expressionism and symbolism, leaving a lasting influence on modern theatre. The works here are mostly classified under inspirational growth. Public information is limited; the above is based only on in-house facts and widely accepted literary knowledge.
