title: Doctor Glas: A Novel
author: Hjalmar Soderberg
description: First published in 1905, Doctor Glas is considered to be Swedish novelist Hjalmar S"derberg's masterpiece. The beautiful young wife of the repellant Reverend Gregorius confides to Glas that her sex life is making her miserable and begs for his help. Smitten with her, he agrees, even though she already has another lover. He does intervene, but when it becomes clear that the Reverend will not give up his "rights," Glas begins planning his murder. Arranged in the form of a journal, this fascinating, deeply moral (yet never moralizing) novel, trans. by Paul Britten Austin, offers the voyeuristic thrill of reading over the doctor's shoulder as he wrestles with his conscience. <br />Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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  # A PURELY DISINTERESTED MURDER
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### A Play Based On A Novel By Hjalmar Soderberg
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
      
  
  Etext by Dagny
  
  
  Scene I. Dr. Glas's office. Mrs. Gregorius enters.
  
  
  She looks uneasy.
  
  
  Scene II. The same. A few weeks later. Mrs.
  
  
  Gregorius enters. She is very distraught.
  
  
  Scene III. The same. Reverend Gregorius, an old,
  
  
  prematurely wizened man, is talking with Doctor Glas.
  
  
  Scene IV. The Dream Sequence. A sick room.
  
  
  Gregorius is in bed, Dr. Glas is examining him. Mrs. Gregorius, half
  
  
  naked, is sitting at an organ playing wild music.
  
  
  Scene V. A bare hilltop. Mrs. Gregorius is sitting,
  
  
  crying. Glas enters.
  
  
  Scene VI. A café. Glas is seated. Gregorius enters.
  
  
  
  
  
  Scene VII. Glas is by himself. He has a bouquet of
  
  
  flowers.
  
  
  Scene VIII. The café. Markel, a journalist is
  
  
  talking to Dr. Glas.
  
  
  Scene IX. Glas, alone. (This scene may be played
  
  
  as a continuation of the previous scene with Glas talking to hims