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Skipper Worse

Skipper Worse

Kielland, Alexander

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Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1419147676
ISBN13: 9781419147678
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.39 Width: 7.60 Depth: 9.22
Language: English
Skipper Worse is a novel written by Norwegian author Alexander Kielland. First published in 1882, the book tells the story of a young man named Axel Waldemar Worse who is born into a wealthy family in the coastal town of Stavanger. Despite his privileged upbringing, Axel is restless and yearns for adventure and excitement.After a failed attempt at a career in the military, Axel becomes a ship's captain and sets out to explore the world. Along the way, he encounters a variety of characters and experiences both triumphs and tragedies. Despite his successes, Axel is haunted by a sense of emptiness and dissatisfaction with his life.As the novel progresses, Axel returns home to Stavanger and becomes embroiled in a series of personal and financial crises. He must confront his own flaws and weaknesses in order to overcome these challenges and find true happiness.Through Axel's story, Kielland explores themes of ambition, wealth, love, and the search for meaning in life. The novel is considered a classic of Norwegian literature and is widely regarded as one of Kielland's most important works.Lauritz is so funny, I can't help laughing at him. Just imagine! they stretched a rope across the street when it got dark, and two of them held each end. When any one came whom they disliked, they tightened it, and tripped him up. After a time the Commissioner came-you know, the one who is so cross and red-faced-and he tumbled head over heels, and broke his arm.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.

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