He was cheeky Strindberg! In 1887 he dared to describe a priest who both drank and swore. He dared to show a love-sick woman like Madam Flod and a calculating, old-fashioned Carlsson. He showed that the servants had humor and longed for the maids and he ridiculed the authorities. He was cheeky Strindberg! So cheeky that Bonnier's book publishers rejected several scenes because they were so cheeky.