Word: kielland
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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Thus Author Hamsun begins his examination of a mad, melancholy Dane, Johan Nagel, and the heap of odd things he did. He fell in love with Dagny Kielland, who was engaged to marry a naval officer. He made friends with pauperish Minutten. He mystified the townspeople by never explaining his visit...
Then things began to go badly for him. Dagny Kielland was unable to find in Nagel any of the well rubbed familiar surfaces, common to all men, by which people are accustomed to identify, if not to understand, other people. He remained a mystery to her. Nagel realized that it was impossible for her to penetrate the dark secrets of his mind. With the teeth of despair already in his heart, he began to see madness waddling toward him like an enormous lizard. "Then he made for the harbor at a run, the back of his waistcoat showing white...