Category: Biographies
When the date of Bjoernson's seventieth birthday drew near at the close of 1902, the present writer, who had been from boyhood a devoted admirer of the great Norwegian, wished to make an American contribution to the world-wide tribute of gratitude and affection which the then...
It has been seen that during the fifteen years which made Bjoernson in so peculiar a sense the spokesman of his race, he wrote no less than five saga dramas. The first two of th...
3. Chapter 3Two years later appeared "The King, which is in many respects Bjoernson's greatest modern masterpiece in dramatic form. He had by this time become a convinced republican, but he...
1. Chapter 1When the date of Bjoernson's seventieth birthday drew near at the close of 1902, the present writer, who had been from boyhood a devoted admirer of the great Norwegian, wished t...
4. Chapter 4"In God's Ways," the second of the two great novels, is a work of which it is difficult to speak in terms of measured praise. With its delicate and vital delineations of charact...