{"title":"Norway, With Extra Drama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNorway, With Extra Drama, showcases Nobel Prize–winner Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s most compelling works in fresh editions, blending national struggle, moral conflict, and big-hearted sentiment in stories that helped define modern Norwegian identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"mary","title":"Mary","description":"\u003cdiv data-renderer=\"lm\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGood girl no more: she gambles everything on the right to be herself.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBjørnstjerne Bjørnson’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, translated by Mary Morison, is a clear‑eyed, tenderly unsparing portrait of a young woman whose awakening heart collides with the narrow compass of a provincial world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaised to be dutiful, modest, and pleasing, Mary moves through parlors, schoolrooms, and quiet streets believing that goodness means adapting herself to the needs and tempers of others. Love—and the suspicion that she has been seen only in fragments—throws that belief into crisis, forcing her to weigh obedience against self‑respect, habit against honest feeling. As misunderstandings, half‑spoken truths, and social caution threaten to determine her fate, Mary must decide whether to remain the girl everyone expects or to become the woman she dimly senses she could be. In Morison’s lucid English, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e turns the smallest social gestures into moral crossroads, revealing how one young woman’s search for a whole self illuminates the pressures and possibilities of her time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Bjørnson at his most psychologically acute and quietly subversive: a novel about the courage required to disappoint the people who love you, and the strange, lonely joy of becoming yourself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a forgotten gem of 19th-century Scandinavian literature—and a story that still speaks to anyone who has ever felt trapped by expectations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA rare English translation of one of Bjørnson’s most intimate and psychologically complex works\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplores themes of female autonomy, social conformity, and the cost of authenticity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten by the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, author of the Norwegian national anthem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the hardest rebellion is the one no one else can see.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBjørnstjerne Bjørnson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1832–1910) was a Norwegian writer and the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate, honored “as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit.” He is best known as the author of the lyrics to the Norwegian national anthem, “Ja, vi elsker dette landet” (“Yes, We Love This Land”). His novels and plays explored the tensions between individual desire and social convention, between the old rural Norway and the emerging modern world. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of his lesser‑known works, but it exemplifies his deep sympathy for women constrained by the expectations of their time. Bjørnson was also a passionate political activist, advocating for universal suffrage, pacifism, and Norwegian independence. He died in 1910 in Paris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMary Morison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was a Scottish translator and literary scholar active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She specialized in bringing Scandinavian literature to English readers, producing translations of works by Bjørnson, Henrik Ibsen, and others. Her translations are known for their clarity, elegance, and fidelity to the original texts. 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Around her, a whole world of \"good people\" busies itself with appearances while genuine feeling and conviction crumble into resignation—until a single encounter forces her to see what she has become. 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