Niels Lyhne

Name: Niels Lyhne
Author: Jens Peter Jacobsen

by Jens Peter Jacobsen

Philosophical novel of a man's loss of faith and search for meaning amid youthful idealism

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Jens Peter Jacobsen

Danish author whose scientific naturalism and lyrical prose style influenced an entire generation of Scandinavian writers. Niels Lyhne is a landmark of agnostic, psychologically penetrating fiction.

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