Mothwise

It was an altogether unprecedented happening in the village, and a thing beyond understanding. To break in and steal from Mack--from Mack himself--even aged folk declared they h...

Then he went up to the Vicarage gate, and tore down Mack’s notice, setting up his own instead. There it was in black and white, setting forth that he, Rolandsen, and no other, w...

The priest was utterly at a loss. If Enok were the thief, then Rolandsen had only been making a jest of the letter he had sent him. And what for?

And the priest kept more and more to his study, where the general disorder of the house rarely penetrated. He was a big, sturdy man, and worked like a horse. He had inquired of...

Ulrik stepped closer, made pretence to lift his hand in greeting, and gave Rolandsen a slight blow. He felt, no doubt, that he had struck something firm and solid, for he drew b...

Both these features are accentuated further in the story of the Wanderer with the Mute. It is a continuation of _Under Høststjærnen_, and forms the culmination, the acquiescent...

“Good! Let it be worst for myself then. I’m not going to be called to account by all and sundry--I won’t stand it. Your father can have me locked up if he likes.”

The publication of _Growth of the Soil_ in the spring of last year (1920) set critics and readers asking for information about the author and his works. Later in the year furthe...

“The full-blooded passion of virile youth.... The author shows his skill and the strength of his abrupt yet lyrical style by the cleverness with which he creates interest and so...