Förvillelser
By Hjalmar Söderberg
Cover: Roslagsgatan, Stockholm (1895) by Karl Nordström (1855-1923) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Tomas Weber, a medical student in Stockholm in the 1890s, drifts between a respectable girl and a pretty shop assistant, and between the money he owes and the money he wants. Hjalmar Söderberg's first novel is a cool, ironic portrait of a young man's wanderings in love and morals in the city. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.