The Pilot and His Wife by Jonas Lie
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"The Pilot and His Wife" by Jonas Lie is a novel published in 1874. Set against the backdrop of ocean voyages and distant ports, it follows sailor Salve Kristiansen and his beloved Elisabeth. When Elisabeth momentarily wavers between Salve and a young officer, Salve flees to sea in desperation. Years later, they marry, but doubt and misunderstanding poison their union. The novel explores whether trust can be rebuilt and true happiness found
in a marriage haunted by past hesitation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Lie, Jonas, 1833-1908 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Tottenham, G. L. (George Loftus) |
| Uniform Title | Lodsen og hans Hustru. English |
| Title | The Pilot and His Wife |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pilot_and_His_Wife |
| Note | Translation of: Lodsen og hans Hustru |
| Credits | Produced by Clare Boothby, Jim Wiborg and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 70.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Married people -- Fiction |
| Subject | Man-woman relationships -- Fiction |
| Subject | Norway -- Fiction |
| Subject | Seafaring life -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 15588 |
| Release Date | Apr 8, 2005 |
| Last Update | Dec 14, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 388 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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