Od's Way, Vol. 1: A Novel (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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On Bjornson's return to Norway from Paris, he settled down at his country estate of Aulestad, in Gudbrandsdal. Here he composed another long novel, which he completed in the summer of 1889, and which was published in Copenhagen towards the end of that year, under the title of Pa guds veje ("In Gods Way").
This novel was at once perceived to be among the best things that BjCrnson had composed, and to be superior in point of art and arrangement to any of his previous romances. While it was perfectly original in subject and treatment, the authors residence among the French had evidently given him a new lightness and sureness of touch. As, in the case of "The Heritage of the Kurts," some readers had complained of the excess of pedagogy, so in that of "In God's Way" there were some who objected to the insistence Ion medical detail, and the language of the sickroom, which gave a clinical character to the later sections of the book. Some one said that the last chapters "simply stink of antiseptics." But to say this was to misconceive Bjornson's grave and sympathetic purpose, which was to display the hand of God, moving in a mysterious way, and guiding His children through the most perilous paths of manifold human suffering.
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On Bjornson's return to Norway from Paris, he settled down at his country estate of Aulestad, in Gudbrandsdal. Here he composed another long novel, which he completed in the summer of 1889, and which was published in Copenhagen towards the end of that year, under the title of Pa guds veje ("In Gods Way").
This novel was at once perceived to be among the best things that BjCrnson had composed, and to be superior in point of art and arrangement to any of his previous romances. While it was perfectly original in subject and treatment, the authors residence among the French had evidently given him a new lightness and sureness of touch. As, in the case of "The Heritage of the Kurts," some readers had complained of the excess of pedagogy, so in that of "In God's Way" there were some who objected to the insistence Ion medical detail, and the language of the sickroom, which gave a clinical character to the later sections of the book. Some one said that the last chapters "simply stink of antiseptics." But to say this was to misconceive Bjornson's grave and sympathetic purpose, which was to display the hand of God, moving in a mysterious way, and guiding His children through the most perilous paths of manifold human suffering.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2020
- ISBN 10 1331649285
- ISBN 13 9781331649281
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages213
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