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  • Niels Lyhne

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    The novel follows the life of Niels Lyhne, a young man growing up in Denmark. The story is told in a semi-autobiographical style, reflecting Jacobsen's own philosophical and existential concerns. Niels Lyhne is portrayed as an intelligent and sensitive individual who struggles with his beliefs and the meaning of life.The narrative explores Niels’s development from childhood to adulthood, focusing ... Read more

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  • Mogens, and Other Stories

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    "Mogens, and Other Stories" is a collection of short stories written by Jens Peter Jacobsen, a Danish author. The collection is named after one of its prominent stories, "Mogens," which is considered a classic of Danish literature.Jens Peter Jacobsen was a key figure in Scandinavian literature, and his works often dealt with themes of naturalism and existentialism. "Mogens" is a short story that ... Read more

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  • Marie Grubbe a Lady of the Seventeenth Century

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    The novel tells the story of Marie Grubbe, a Danish noblewoman whose life is marked by a series of dramatic and unconventional choices, particularly in regard to her romantic relationships and marriages. Born into an aristocratic family in the 17th century, Marie initially lives a life of privilege. However, her restless spirit and desire for personal freedom lead her to make choices that defy the ... Read more

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  • Niels Lyhne

    Enriched edition. A Lyrical Scandinavian Classic of Love, Loss, and Existential Meaning in 19th-Century Denmark

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    Translated by Hanna Astrup Larsen ...
    Niels Lyhne, a novel by esteemed Danish author J. P. Jacobsen, is a groundbreaking work of Scandinavian literature that explores the existential struggles of its eponymous protagonist. Written in a lyrical and introspective style, the novel delves into themes of love, loss, and the search for meaning in a world filled with uncertainty. Jacobsen's use of poetic language and vivid imagery sets the ... Read more

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  • Mogens and Other Stories

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    In a letter he once stated his belief that every book to be of real value must embody the struggle of one or more persons against all those things which try to keep one from existing in one's own way. That is the fundamental ethos which runs through all of Jacobsen's work. It is in Marie Grubbe, Niels Lyhne, Mogens, and the infinitely tender Mrs. Fonss. ... Read more

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  • Marie Grubbe (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. Naturalistic tale of female desire and identity among Danish nobility in 19th-century Denmark, confronting a judgmental society.

    by J. P. Jacobsen, Caleb Graham, Caleb Graham ...
    Translated by Hanna Astrup Larsen ...
    "Marie Grubbe" (1876) recounts the fate of a seventeenth‑century Danish noblewoman who abandons privilege for desire, descending from court pageantry to taverns, ferries, and rural obscurity. Jacobsen fuses archival realism with sensuous, impressionistic prose, using shifting focalization to chart Marie's will, defiance, and uneasy accommodation to necessity. Painterly scenes—salt marshes, ... Read more

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  • Niels Lyhne

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    Translated by Hanna Astrup Larsen ...
    Niels Lyhne is a young Danish man from a rural family. As time moves forward, we are living things with him: his first love, his setbacks, his joys, his sorrows, his friendships and his dreams of being a poet. Naturalism and romanticism are very present in Jacobsen's writing and scenery. His writing has high beauty and detail, and we have long passages of Lhyne's reflections on what is happening ... Read more

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  • Marie Grubbe

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    "LANGUAGE is like an instrument that requires to be tuned occasionally. A few times in the course of a century the literary language of a country needs to be tuned afresh; for as no generation can be satisfied to think the thoughts of the preceding one, so no group of men in the world of letters can use the language of the school that went before them. "With these words Georg Brandes begins his ... Read more

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  • Marie Grubbe

    Enriched edition. A 17th-Century Danish Noblewoman's Desire, Power, and Quest for Freedom in a Judgmental Society

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    Translated by Hanna Astrup Larsen ...
    J. P. Jacobsen's 'Marie Grubbe' is a groundbreaking novel that delves into the psychological complexities of its titular character, Marie Grubbe, a Danish noblewoman. Set in the 17th century, the novel explores themes of love, desire, power, and the struggle for individual freedom in a rigid societal structure. Jacobsen's lyrical prose and attention to detail bring the world of Marie Grubbe to ... Read more

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  • Niels Lyhne (Summarized Edition)

    Enriched edition. Danish Naturalism and Romantic Reflections: Poetic Dreams, War's Toll, and Personal Tragedies in a Scandinavian journey of character and beauty

    by J. P. Jacobsen, Caleb Graham, Caleb Graham ...
    Translated by Hanna Astrup Larsen ...
    Niels Lyhne is J. P. Jacobsen's seminal naturalist novel, tracing a sensitive atheist's coming‑of‑age in nineteenth‑century Denmark as love, bereavement, and war steadily test his convictions. With lyrical prose and unsparing psychological clarity, Jacobsen charts Niels's attachments—to Fennimore, to a married muse, to art itself—while dismantling Romantic consolations. The book's episodic ... Read more

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  • Marie Grubbe (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. A Psychological Historical Novel of Desire, Rebellion, and Social Decline in Seventeenth-Century Denmark

    by J. P. Jacobsen, Selah Kestmere ...
    Translated by Hanna Astrup Larsen ...
    Marie Grubbe is a searching historical novel that reimagines the life of a seventeenth-century Danish noblewoman who passes through aristocratic marriage, scandal, desire, and social decline with disturbing inward consistency. Jacobsen's prose is sensuous, exact, and psychologically probing, combining historical reconstruction with the emergent naturalist concern for temperament, impulse, and ... Read more

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  • Marie Grubbe

    by J. P. Jacobsen ...
    “ LANGUAGE is like an instrument that requires to be tuned occasionally. A few times in the course of a century the literary language of a country needs to be tuned afresh; for as no generation can be satisfied to think the thoughts of the preceding one, so no group of men in the world of letters can use the language of the school that went before them.” With these words Georg Brandes begins his ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus