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Dates: during 1920-1929
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CHILDREN OF THE AGE-Knut Ham-sun- Knopf ($2.50). Lieutenant Wil-latz Holmsen is the third one of that name to be lord of Segelfoss Manor. His grandfather had founded the estate and his father had maintained it. But Lieutenant Willatz Holmsen has none of the qualities to continue this work. He is proud, for one thing. If a tenant does not pay his rent, he will not ask for it. People might think he needed the money. If a demand is made upon him, he will accede to it rather than admit even to himself that he cannot afford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Good Books: Feb. 25, 1924 | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

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