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Title: Miss Julie by August Strindberg, S. H. Landes, William-Alan Landes ISBN: 0-88734-303-1 Publisher: Players Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: Spiral
Comment: Strindberg's classic play follows the downward spiral of an aristocratic young woman whose break-up with her fiancé is quite the talk of the estate. Miss Julie pursues her father's valet, and seduces him, without thought for the repercussions. Unfortunately for Julie, these consequences must be faced. Controversial at its debut, "Miss Julie" also was highly original in form and structure, and while its subject matter isn't as shocking today, the palpable drama does resonate.

Rating: 4
Summary: Mistress and servant
Comment: "Miss Julie," by August Strindberg, is a play with three speaking parts: Miss Julie, a nobleman's daughter; Jean, a young valet; and Christine, a cook in the household. The Dover Thrift Edition version is translated by Edwin Bjorkman. A brief introductory note states that the play first appeared as a printed text in 1888, a year before its first staging.

The play's title character is bold and flirtatious; her behavior, unsurprisingly, leads to controversy. "Miss Julie" is a fascinating glimpse at a society that is rigidly ordered around class stratification, gender roles, and sexual conduct; the play looks at the consequences when people resist this rigid order. The play has some really startling, thought-provoking dialogue.

Recommended companion texts: "Hands Around," by Arthur Schnitzler; "Daisy Miler," by Henry James; and "Cuckoos," by Giuseppe Manfridi. Each of these three literary works shares at least one significant theme or motif in common with "Miss Julie."

Rating: 4
Summary: Great surreal psychology
Comment: See the universal Man and Woman turn away everything for lust in this epic short drama of classic literature. A emotionally wrenching work complete with chorus.