num_pages: 158
description: "This highly influential late-19th century Danish novel portrays the melancholy life of an idealistic young poet." —Publishers Weekly "Niels Lyhne recounts the life of its eponymous hero, a poet, emphasizing the influence of experience on psychological development and examining philosophical the nature of reality, atheism, creativity and love. It is a dense narrative, striking at times in its richness of physical detail..." —Independent Publisher
language: English
title: Niels Lyhne
titlecomplete: Niels Lyhne
characters: Frithiof Petersen, Fru Boye, Bartholine Lyhne, Erik Refstrup, Fennimore Claudi, Niels Lyhne, Herr Bigum, Gerda Skinnerup, Edele Lyhne
genres: Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Denmark, European Literature, 19th Century, Novels, Danish, Classics, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 1994
places: Copenhagen, Denmark
publisher: Wildside Press