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100 1 _aStrindberg, August,
_d1849-1912
245 1 4 _aThe German Lieutenant, and Other Stories
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2014
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2014-06-26
505 0 _aThe German lieutenant -- Over-refinement -- "Unwelcome" -- Higher aims -- Paul and Peter -- A funeral -- The last shot.
508 _aE-text prepared by Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by HathiTrust Digital Library (http://www.hathitrust.org/digital_library)
520 _a"The German Lieutenant and Other Stories" by August Strindberg is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The opening story, titled "The German Lieutenant," focuses on Lieut. Von Bleichroden, a Prussian officer during the Franco-Prussian War, who wrestles with the moral complexities of warfare and the toll it takes on his conscience. The collection delves into themes of duty, individual morality versus societal expectations, and the psychological impact of war. At the start of the first story, readers are introduced to Von Bleichroden, who is stationed in a quaint café in France shortly after the Battle of Sedan. As he writes a letter to his wife expressing his homesickness and anxieties about impending warfare, his internal conflict becomes clear. He contemplates the brutal realities of guerra, including the execution of three captured French "franc-tireurs." The tension builds as he interacts with the local curé, who implores him to show mercy, forcing the lieutenant to confront the duality of his role as a soldier and a man struggling with the weight of his decisions. This opening sets the tone for the exploration of the psyche amidst the chaos of war throughout the collection. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aStrindberg, August, 1849-1912 -- Translations into English
653 _aShort stories, Swedish -- Translations into English
653 _aSwedish fiction -- Translations into English
700 1 _aField, Claud,
_d1863-1941
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46107
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