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The Defence of a Fool (French: Le Plaidoyer d'un fou) is an autobiographical novel by the Swedish writer August Strindberg. The narrative is a lightly fictionalized account of his life from 1874 to 1887, and especially of his first marriage to Siri von Essen (called Maria in the novel).
- August Strindberg
- 1893
A young idealistic civil servant, Arvid Falk, leaves the drudgery of bureaucracy to become a journalist and author. As he explores various social activities—politics, publishing, theatre, philanthropy, and business—he finds more hypocrisy and political corruption than he thought possible.
- August Strindberg
- 1879
Mar 15, 2022 · Description: A meme attributed the quote ‘the truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie’ to the American author Mark Twain. The claim appeared online and went viral, but without any evidence supporting that Twain made this statement.
Jun 13, 2023 · Quote about truth and fools is falsely attributed to Mark Twain. American writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain, did not say, “The truth has no defense against a...
The Defence of a Fool (French: Le Plaidoyer d'un fou) is an autobiographical novel by the Swedish writer August Strindberg. The narrative is a lightly fictionalized account of his life from 1874 to 1887, and especially of his first marriage to Siri von Essen (called Maria in the novel).
About August Strindberg’s marriage to Siri von Essen. She was married when she met him, but abandoned her husband, became Strindberg’s mistress and later his wife. He must expose her infidelity, in order to absolve himself of suspicion of insanity.
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