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Henrik Pontoppidan (b. Fredericia 1857, d. 1943)

Henrik Pontoppidan: Lykke-Per. Cph. 1898–1904. 8 vols. 1st ed. Bound with orig. wrappers in half calf. Wear. (8)

Lykke-Per is a novel by Danish Nobel Prize–winning author Henrik Pontoppidan published in 8 volumes from 1898 to 1904. It is considered one of the major Danish novels, and in 2004 it was made part of the Danish Culture Canon.

“Lykke-Per” is a roman à clef in which Pontoppidan, who won the Nobel Prize in 1917, portrays several known figures in the literary circles of Denmark around 1900.

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Books and manuscripts, 12 December 2017

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