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Lykke-Per. Første Del

by Henrik Pontoppidan

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"Lykke-Per. Første Del" by Henrik Pontoppidan is a novel published between 1898 and 1904. It follows Per Sidenius, a gifted young man who abandons his religious upbringing to pursue his dreams as an engineer in Copenhagen. He encounters intellectual circles, falls in love, and conceives an ambitious engineering project. But his heritage and inner conflicts shadow his climb toward success. This Danish masterpiece explores whether happiness comes from worldly achievement or something deeper, tracing one man's struggle between ambition and identity across Denmark's modernizing landscape.

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