| Fables | 1890-1897 |
| The Keys of Heaven (1) | 1892 |
Strindberg's remark: "Darkness, sorrow, despair, absolute scepticism."
| The Confession of a Fool (10) | 1893 |
(10) Autobiographical Novel.
(A German edition was published in 1893; a French edition in 1894; it will now be published in Swedish.)
| Jardin des plantes (9) Antibarbarus (9) Types and Prototypes (9) | 1892-1898 |
| Inferno (8) | 1897 |
| Legends (8) | 1898 |
| To Damascus I and II (1) | 1898 |
| To Damascus III (1) | 1904 |
| Advent. (1) | 1899 |
"The great crisis at fifty," remarks Strindberg, "revolutions in my mental life, wanderings in the desert, devastation, Hells and Heavens of Swedenborg. Not influenced by Huysmans' "En Route," still less by Peladan, who was then unknown to the author ... but based on personal experiences."
| There are Crimes and Crimes (1) | 1899 |
| The Saga of the Folkungs (1) | 1899 |
| Gustavus Vasa (1) | 1899 |
| Eric XIV (1) | 1899 |
| Gustavus Adolphus (1) | 1900 |
"Light after darkness," writes Strindberg. "New production, with Faith, Hope, and Charity regained--and absolute certainty."