Publisher's Synopsis
Niels Lyhne is a novel written by Danish author Jens Peter Jacobsen, first published in 1880. The book follows the life of Niels Lyhne, a young man growing up in rural Denmark in the mid-19th century. Niels is a dreamer, a sensitive and introspective soul who struggles to find his place in the world. He is torn between his love of nature and his desire for artistic expression, and he grapples with questions of faith and morality as he tries to make sense of his place in the universe.As Niels grows older, he falls in love with several women, each of whom represents a different aspect of his personality and worldview. He is drawn to the beautiful and sensual Edith, who embodies his passion and desire, but he is also deeply connected to the intellectual and spiritual Inger, who challenges his beliefs and forces him to confront his doubts and fears.Throughout the book, Jacobsen explores themes of love, loss, and the search for meaning in life. He uses Niels as a lens through which to examine the human condition, and he creates a complex and nuanced portrait of a young man struggling to find his place in a changing world.Niels Lyhne is widely regarded as one of the greatest works of Danish literature, and it has been translated into numerous languages. It is a powerful and thought-provoking book that offers a rich and rewarding reading experience for anyone interested in exploring the complexities of the human experience.THERE was in Niels Lyhne's nature a lame reflec-tiveness, child of an instinctive shrinking from decisive action, grandchild of a subconscious sense that he lacked personality. He was always struggling against this reflectiveness, sometimes goading himself by calling it vile names, then again decking it out as a virtue that was a part of his inmost self and was bound up with all his possibilities and powers. But whatever he made of it, and however he looked upon it, he hated it as a secret infirmity, which he might perhaps hide from the world, but never from himself; it was always there to humiliate him whenever he was alone with himself.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
