Doctor Glas

The haunting tale of Doctor Glas takes place in Stockholm during the closing years of the 1800s. The doctor, a troubled and compassionate man, relates the strange story of the Reverend Gregorius and his pretty wife. Gregorius, an elderly and offensive pastor, has endangered her physical and mental health. She consults Doctor Glas, who for the first time violates the ethics of his profession and uses a highly unorthodox method of helping her. But when the wife takes a lover, and Doctor Glas becomes emotionally attached to her, an intolerable situation develops. The uxorious pastor dies, poisoned. The aftermath of his death and the doctor's unforeseen reactions to it bring the story to a chilling, horrifying close. Originally published in 1905, Doctor Glas is a novel of extraordinary immediacy and frankness. Its concerns - sexual incompatibility, abortion, euthanasia - together with its psychological insights, make it a remarkably modern work.

Literature & Fiction

Hjalmar Söderberg

Genre Fiction

Random House]

Short Stories

Contemporary

Norvik Press

Doktor Glas (Swedish Edition)

Bonniers

Den allvarsamma leken (lättläst)

LL-förlaget

Den allvarsamma leken (Albert Bonniers klassiker)

Bonnier Pocket

Den allvarsamma leken

Albert Bonniers klassiker

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