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Jonas Lie


Born
in Modum, Norway
November 06, 1833

Died
July 05, 1908


Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie was a Norwegian novelist who is considered one of "the four great ones" of the 19th century Norwegian literature. The others are Henrik Ibsen, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, and Alexander Kielland. Jonas Lie stands out for his impressionistic style, picking out only significant details of setting, atmosphere, mood, and speech. In his first novels Lie mingled realistic with fantastic elements. Lie's studies of family life, such as The Family at Gilje (1883), and stories of the life of the fishermen and the stormy Arctic Ocean, represent his finest work. ...more

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Average rating: 3.36 · 938 ratings · 133 reviews · 187 distinct works • Similar authors
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Familien på Gilje
3.08 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 1883 — 9 editions
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The Pilot and His Wife
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Den fremsynte (1870)
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Livsslaven
3.46 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1883 — 41 editions
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Elias and the Draug
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Kommandørens døtre
3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1886 — 8 editions
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“Men, - men, - jo mer han så i det, jo klarere gikk det opp for ham, at det, når alt kom til alt, dog var der, - i kjærligheten - og merkelig nok ikke i hans embedskarriere eller stolte opposisjon, - at han hadde levd sitt egentlige innerste, dypeste liv gjennom sorg og glede.”
― Jonas Lie, Når solen går ned
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