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| For the first time in his pages, among both his forbears and his contemporaries, we meet with the point of view of a man of the world. |
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| 1849–1906, Norwegian novelist, short-story writer, and playwright. Two early volumes of short stories—Tales of Two Countries (1879, tr. 1891) and Norse Tales and Sketches (1897)—placed him among the important realists. His witty and ironic novels, written with the purpose of social reform, include Skipper Worse (1881, tr. 1885) and Poison (1883).—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2002 Columbia University Press. (See also: Biographical Note from Harvard Classics.) |
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- Skipper Worse
From the Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction, Vol. XX, Part 3.
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