Mary

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Mary Morison

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Genres: Classics

248 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1864

About the author

Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate "as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit."
Bjørnson is the author of the lyrics to the Norwegian National Anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet".

Reviews

[Leah]

For a nobel prize winner this play seems rather slow. But I read it in its original language so maybe there were some language problems.
The characters annoyed me: Darnley was whiny, Maria Stuart kinda helpless and bitchy. Compared to Schiller's Maria Stuart, this play really is a little bit weaker.

[Magnus Selsås]

Første møte med Bjørnsons romanunivers. Ikke like levende og engasjerensende som dramatikken, men absolutt lesverdig. Blandingen mellom det sagainspirerte anslaget og den kosmopolitiske innledningen er et interessant trekk som forteller mye både om Bjørnson og samtiden. Selv om det meste av historien utspiller seg i skyggen av mektige fjell inne i vestnorske fjorder, er den verken arkaisk eller nasjonalromantisk. Den store verden befinner seg aldri langt unna - faktisk strømmer den gjennom Marys blodårer mens hun vandrer rundt i bygdenorge - med alle de problemer og spenninger den bringer med seg. Seksualmoral, kvinnefrigjøring, kapitalisme. Alt settes i spill i denne omflakkende historien, selvfølgelig med Bjørnsons velkjente sentimentalitet og menneskekjærlighet. Av og til blir det for mye, men ofte er det dypt rørende.

[Alexandru]

One of his finest works.