Skipper Worse

By Alexander L. Kielland

Book Overview

Fiction. Translated from the Norwegian by Christopher Fauske. Edited by Jeff Voccola. SKIPPER WORSE is a penetrating portrait of emotions and passions in a small coastal Norwegian town, where love and marriage struggle with pride and ambition. One of the most powerful and representative novels of late 19th-century European realism, SKIPPER WORSE reveals why Alexander Lange Kielland belongs in the company of Charles Dickens, Edith Wharton, and Katherine Mansfield.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0893041114
• ISBN13: 9780893041113
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cross Cultural Communications
• Length: 168 Pages