Poison by Alexander Kielland (.ePUB)
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Poison by Alexander Kielland by Alexander Kielland (Author), M. A. Larsen (Translator)
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Overview: “The time will come when everyone shall recognize the depravity of sacrificing generation after generation to old prejudices and antiquated doctrines.” – Mrs. Wenche Løvdahl
In his piercing 1883 novel Poison, Alexander Kielland unleashes the full force of his brilliant intellect in a sharp critique of the school system, the establishment, and the patriarchy, unravelling—through the medium of a heartfelt coming-of-age story, and with an incorruptible female protagonist at the forefront—the dire consequences that await the free-thinking, mindful individual who dares oppose an oppressive system founded on prejudice, hypocrisy, and antiquated doctrines.
Together with Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and Jonas Lie, Alexander Kielland is known as one of “The Four Greats” of Norwegian literature. He was one of the prime movers of modern literature in Norway, Scandinavia, and the Nordics alongside Nobel Prize-winning authors such as Knut Hamsun, Sigrid Undset, and Selma Lagerlöf; yet Poison, his most psychologically penetrating novel, has never before been available in English.
This concise 19th century classic in the early European realism literary style stands the test of time remarkably well, and now—137 years after the publication of the original—the captivating destinies of Little Marius, Abraham, and the intrepid icon of free will, female independence, and feminism, Mrs. Wenche Løvdahl, are finally ready to unfold before the English-speaking audience.
Genre: Fiction > General Fiction/Classics > Coming of Age
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