Hamsun, Knut (1859-1952). Hunger. Translated from the Norwegian by Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright ("George Egerton"). London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899.

8vo. (Very light spotting to title page.) Original pictorial grey cloth (spine recased, endpapers and flyleaves renewed, spine ends strenghtened, some rubbing to spine).

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Widely considered to be one of the first "psychological" novels and a precursor to literary trends of the 20th century which would inspire the works of Ernest Hemingway, Franz Kafka, and Thomas Mann, Hunger was first published in 1890 as Sult. In 1899 Hamsun's friend and former lover, noted feminist author and playwright Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright, translated it into English for the first time, significantly opening Hamsun's work up to a wider audience. Hamsun went on to publish an additional twenty works over a career spanning seven decades and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920.

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Hamsun, Knut (1859-1952). Hunger. Translated from the Norwegian by Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright ("George Egerton"). London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899.

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Hamsun, Knut (1859-1952). Hunger. Translated from the Norwegian by Mary Chavelita Dunne Bright ("George Egerton"). London: Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899.

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