Nordic novels From: The Hudson Review | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright Hudson Review Autumn 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

When we first meet Constance Ring, the eponymous heroine of the newly reissued 1885 classic by the Norwegian writer Amalie Skram (1846-1905), she's a beautiful young woman of twenty-one who's been married for two years to a successful broker in Kristiania (now Oslo), where they share a sumptuous apartment and a diverting circle of friends.1 Yet something's wrong. Constance, who back home in Molde (we're told) was the life of the party, now stares morosely out the window and gives her husband the cold shoulder. She's won't explain, and he, though frustrated, doesn't seem to have a clue how to ...

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