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Title: Mary

Author: Bjornstjerne Bjornson

Editor: Edmund Gosse

Translator: Mary Morison

Release Date: July 31, 2010 [EBook #33300]

Language: English

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THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON

_Edited by EDMUND GOSSE_

VOLUME XIII

_THE NOVELS OF BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON
Edited by EDMUND GOSSE
Fcap. 8vo, cloth 3s. net.

Synnoeve Solbakken.
Arne.
A Happy Boy.
The Fisher Lass.
The Bridal March, & A Day.
Magnhild, & Dust.
Captain Mansana, & Mother's Hands.
Absalom's Hair, & A Painful Memory.
In God's Way. (2 vols.)
The Heritage of the Kurts. (2 vols.)
Mary.

LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
21 Bedford Street, W. C._

MARY

BY BJOeRNSTJERNE BJOeRNSON

_Translated from the Norwegian by MARY MORISON_

LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN
1909

_All rights reserved_

THE HOMESTEAD AND THE RACE

The coast line of the south of Norway is very irregular. This is the
work of the mountains and rivers. The former end in hillocks and
headlands, off which often lie islands; the latter have dug out valleys
and end in fjords or smaller inlets.

In one of these inlets, known as "Kroken" (the nook), lies the
homestead. The original name of the place was Krokskogen. In the
documents of the Danish government officials this was transformed into
Krogskoven; now it is Krogskogen. The owners originally called
themselves Kroken; Anders and Hans Kroken were the regularly recurring
names. In course of time they came to call themselves Krogh; the general
in the Danish army subscribed himself _Von_ Krogh. Now they are Krog,
plain and simple.

The passengers on the small steamers which, on their way to and from the
neighbouring town, touch at the landing-place be