One play by this author begins with Harald discussing his discontent with the local newspaper with the wealthy distiller whose daughter Gertrud he is engaged to.
One play by this author begins with Harald discussing his discontent with the local newspaper with the wealthy distiller whose daughter Gertrud he is engaged to. In another play by this author, the lawyer Berent repeatedly harasses the protagonist with the reality of his financial overextension during a series of legal proceedings. This author of the novels Trust and Trial and A Happy Boy also wrote the plays When the New Wine Blooms, The Editor, Sigurd the Bad, and the aforementioned play about the title character Tjaelde, The Bankrupt. This author's novels include one in which the protagonist's father Nils has his back broken in a barn fight with Baard Boen and one in which Hans Odegaard is the only true love of the protagonist Petra. For 10 points, name this author of Arne, The Fisher Maiden, and Beyond Our Power, a native of Norway.
One play by this author begins with Harald discussing his discontent with the local newspaper with the wealthy distiller whose daughter Gertrud he is engaged to.
{Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson}