A Happy Boy
"A Happy Boy" was written in 1859 and 1860. It is, in my estimation, Bjørnson's best story of peasant life. In it the author has succeeded in drawing the characters with remarkable distinctness, while his profound psychological insight, his perfectly artless simplicity of style, and his thorough sympathy with the hero and his surroundings are nowhere more apparent. This view is sustained by the great popularity of "A Happy Boy" throughout Scandinavia. (From the Preface)
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1903.
Genre(s): Romance
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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| Play 01 | Chapter 1 | MaryAnn |
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| Play 02 | Chapter 2 | MaryAnn |
00:10:21 |
| Play 03 | Chapter 3 | MaryAnn |
00:17:20 |
| Play 04 | Chapter 4 | MaryAnn |
00:18:21 |
| Play 05 | Chapter 5 | MaryAnn |
00:15:16 |
| Play 06 | Chapter 6 | MaryAnn |
00:20:06 |
| Play 07 | Chapter 7 | MaryAnn |
00:12:49 |
| Play 08 | Chapter 8 | MaryAnn |
00:20:15 |
| Play 09 | Chapter 9 | MaryAnn |
00:16:29 |
| Play 10 | Chapter 10 | MaryAnn |
00:15:40 |
| Play 11 | Chapter 11 | MaryAnn |
00:19:01 |
| Play 12 | Chapter 12 | MaryAnn |
00:22:20 |