In one novel by this author, the protagonist forgo
In one novel by this author, the protagonist forgoes the vial of prussic acid that he carries in his vest pocket by leaping off  a jetty. The main character befriends the cripple Miniman and chases the lieutenant's bride Dagny in that novel by this  author, who also created the entrepreneur Geissler, who staves off a drought by building an irrigation system. Besides  writing a book about Johan Nagel, this author penned a novel in which the main character begs the narrator of the  epilogue to kill him, falls in love with the trader's daughter Edvarda, and lives alone with his dog (*) Aesop. In another of  this author's novels, a harelipped woman strangles her harelipped infant daughter. This author of Mysteries wrote about  Lieutenant Glahn. This author of Pan described the simple farm life of Inger and Isak in another novel. For 10 points, name this  Hitler-loving Norwegian who won the Nobel for writing The Growth of the Soil.
In one novel by this author, the protagonist forgoes the vial of prussic acid that he carries in his vest pocket by leaping off  a jetty.