# Arne: A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life

By Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson.

"Arne: A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life" by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson is a peasant novel published in 1859. Young Arne Kampen grows up torn between two legacies: his hardworking mother's devotion and his father's troubled artistry and violence. As the son of a disorderly fiddler whose frustrations manifest in alcohol and abuse, Arne struggles with dark impulses and a desperate yearning to escape. Yet love for his mother, his land, and a girl who understands his songs pull him toward an uncertain future. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Translator: Augusta Plesner
- Translator: Susan Rugeley-Powers
- Subjects: Norway -- Fiction; Norwegian fiction -- Translations into English

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