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Absalom's Hair

By Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

2019-06-26 00:13:09

Bandy-legged he had always been, but this defect had increased; his herculean back was rounded, and he stooped a little. His forehead, always of the broadest—no one else's hat would fit him—was now one of the highest, that is to say, he had lost ... Read more
Bandy-legged he had always been, but this defect had increased; his herculean back was rounded, and he stooped a little. His forehead, always of the broadest—no one else's hat would fit him—was now one of the highest, that is to say, he had lost all his hair, except a ragged lock over each ear and a thin fringe behind. He was beginning also to lose his teeth, which were strong though small, and blackened by tobacco; and now, instead of "deuce take it" he said "deush take it." Less

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File size101.162 KB
Print pages86
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2016-04-26
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1406929522
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Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson (Norwegian pronunciation: [²bjøːɳstjæːɳə ²bjøːɳsɔn]; 8 December 1832 – 26 April 1910) was a Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Liter...

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