As his stormy marriage to Siri von Essen was coming to an end, Strindberg, who feared there was a conspiracy between the women of Europe and they were planning to silence him, decided to hurrily write a book revealing the truths about the marriage.
As his stormy marriage to Siri von Essen was coming to an end, August Strindberg feared there was a conspiracy between the women of Europe, and they were planning to silence him by conducting a campaign to make people believe he had gone insane. Strindberg therefore decided to hurrily write a book revealing the truths about the marriage.