Workers: A Novel

Kielland, Alexander Lange, 1849-1906Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 413K words
Chapters: 42

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Arbeiders: Roman by Alexander Lange KiellandAuthor: Kielland, Alexander Lange, 1849-1906,Language: Dutch, Class: PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures, Release Date: Oct 28, 2017

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This is the Dutch translation of the novel Arbeiders (Workers) by Norwegian author Alexander Lange Kielland, released by Project Gutenberg in 2019. Kielland was a key representative of nineteenth-century Nordic realist literature, and his works often focus on social class, the condition of laborers, and moral conflict. Presented in novel form, the book portrays the living conditions of the working class and is a useful reference for the study of Scandinavian literature and social history. Note that the main text of this edition is in Dutch, not Chinese or English, so readers need the appropriate language ability. As a public-domain ebook, it serves as a supplementary text for literary scholars and students of comparative literature seeking to understand Nordic realism, and is also suitable for readers interested in nineteenth-century European novels about labor. When reading, it is advisable to situate the work within the Norwegian literary tradition in which Kielland wrote and to note its critical perspective on social injustice. Because this is a Project Gutenberg electronic edition with plain formatting and no modern introduction, reading it alongside literary-historical materials is recommended for a fuller understanding.

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Alexander Lange Kielland (1849–1906) was a Norwegian writer generally regarded as one of the representatives of nineteenth-century Nordic realist literature. Arbeiders is one of his novels, focusing on social class and the condition of laborers, and is best understood within the Norwegian realist tradition.

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Kielland, Alexander Lange, 1849-1906 Author

Alexander Lange Kielland (1849–1906) was a Norwegian author, with 11 works held in this collection. Public information is limited, so the main available basis is the subject matter and stylistic clues presented by the works themselves. His representative works include Skipper Worse, Norse Tales and Sketches, Arbeiders, and Fortuna, while translated editions appear under titles such as Vergif, Myrkkyä, and Työmiehiä, showing that his novels circulated in several languages. Judging from these titles, his writing deals with Norwegian maritime and small-town life as well as with ordinary workers and grassroots society, often portraying characters' circumstances in a realistic manner with a spirit of social observation and critique; his short stories and sketches present local customs and everyday human relations. Kielland was one of the important Norwegian writers of the nineteenth century, associated with the realist movement, and his works have had a certain influence among readers in the Nordic countries and Europe.