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Fremsynte» (The Visionary) and followed up his victory with a series
of fresh, every-day descriptions, some from Nordland —
«Tremasteren Fremtiden» (the Three-master Future»[[** sic, hvor begynner anf.?]]) — some from
sea-life — «Lodsen og hans hustru» (the Pilot and His Wife),
«Rutland», «Gaa paa» (Go Ahead). The intuitive sense for the
psychological which was apparent even here, attained its full
development when he at length discovered the happy knack of
converting into an artistic form the manifold experiences he had
acquired before his début, by personal participation in the
speculations of a promoter period, right up to the crash. In a long
series of impressionistically life-like pictures, he paints his
careful observations of the vital processes of family and society —
«Livsslaven» (One of Life’s Slaves) «Familjen paa Gilje» (the Gilje
Family), «En malstrøm» (A Whirlpool), «Kommandørens døtre»
(the Commodore’s Daughters), «Et Samliv» (A Conjugal Union),
«Maisa Jons», «Onde magter» (Evil Powers), «Niobe», «Naar sol
gaar ned> (When the Sun Goes Down), «Dyre Rein» and
«Faste Forland» (1883—99). Calmly and without delusion, he looks
upon the ways of mankind; but in Jonas Lie we find, instead of
the frigidity of contemporary naturalism, the intelligent sympathy
of a warm nature, and the humour of a cheerful mind, that
speaks to the heart. Emancipated by his strongly original
imagination, this humour revels expansively in the fairy-tales published
in two volumes under the title of «Trold» (1888—89). In these
he reveals an abundant store of that poetry which elevates the
mind to higher and freer spheres.
Clear and temperate sketches of every-day life constituted the
themes also with which the somewhat younger Alexander Kielland
enriched our literature throughout the eighties. Here too, warm
sympathy and cheerful humour dispelled the gray tinge that so
often veils the representations of the destinies of average people.
The great charm, however, of Kielland’s description lies in the
masterly way in which he handles his language, with the
well-balanced [[** sjk]] verve of a man of the world. One after another, this
author, whose maturity was evident from the very first, sent out
a series of enchanting novellettes, and excellent novels —
«Garmann og Worse», «Arbeidsfolk» (Work-people), «Else», «Skipper
Worse», «Fortuna», «Gift» (Poison) are among the best. In the
midst of this rapid production, however, the fêted novellist [[** sic -ll-]] seems
to have detected a falling-off in his fresh vigour; and to the
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